#DC5C42#DC5C42

#DC5C42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.166 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C42
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 48.55, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 62.79, 39.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.139 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.166 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3292, 23.2679, 7.8366)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C42 #42C2DC

analogous

#DC4275 #DC5C42 #DCA942

triadic

#DC5C42 #42DC5C #5C42DC

tetradic

#DC5C42 #75DC42 #42C2DC #A942DC

square

#DC5C42 #75DC42 #42C2DC #A942DC

split-complementary

#DC5C42 #42DCA9 #4275DC

monochromatic

#8A2D1A #BE3D23 #DC5C42 #E68976 #EFB5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DC5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DC5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C42

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C42	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.166 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e77',
    500: '#dc5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c42;
$custom-light: #ee8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.13,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.16613,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C42

secondary

#9DD2DD

accent

#CEEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C42

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

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