#DC5C44#DC5C44

#DC5C44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.166 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C44
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 68)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 48.65, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 62.20, 38.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.1397 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.166 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3892, 23.2919, 8.1526)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C44 #44C4DC

analogous

#DC4478 #DC5C44 #DCA844

triadic

#DC5C44 #44DC5C #5C44DC

tetradic

#DC5C44 #78DC44 #44C4DC #A844DC

square

#DC5C44 #78DC44 #44C4DC #A844DC

split-complementary

#DC5C44 #44DCA8 #4478DC

monochromatic

#8B2C1A #BF3C24 #DC5C44 #E68978 #EFB6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC5C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC5C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C44

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C44	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.166 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e79',
    500: '#dc5c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c44;
$custom-light: #ee8e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63376,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C44

secondary

#9FD3DD

accent

#D0EB3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C44

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

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