#DC5B45#DC5B45

#DC5B45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.166 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B45
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 49.16, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 62.15, 37.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1415 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.166 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3339, 23.1321, 8.2860)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B45 #45C6DC

analogous

#DC457B #DC5B45 #DCA745

triadic

#DC5B45 #45DC5B #5B45DC

tetradic

#DC5B45 #7BDC45 #45C6DC #A745DC

square

#DC5B45 #7BDC45 #45C6DC #A745DC

split-complementary

#DC5B45 #45DCA7 #457BDC

monochromatic

#8C2B1A #C03B24 #DC5B45 #E68879 #EFB6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DC5B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DC5B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B45

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B45	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.166 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e79',
    500: '#dc5b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b45;
$custom-light: #ee8e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.742,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63256,
    "c": 0.16639,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B45

secondary

#A0D4DD

accent

#D2EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B45

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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