#DC5C45#DC5C45

#DC5C45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.165 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C45
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 48.70, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 61.91, 38.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.14 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.165 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4199, 23.3042, 8.3147)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C45 #45C5DC

analogous

#DC457A #DC5C45 #DCA845

triadic

#DC5C45 #45DC5C #5C45DC

tetradic

#DC5C45 #7ADC45 #45C5DC #A845DC

square

#DC5C45 #7ADC45 #45C5DC #A845DC

split-complementary

#DC5C45 #45DCA8 #457ADC

monochromatic

#8C2C1A #C03C24 #DC5C45 #E68979 #EFB6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC5C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC5C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C45

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C45	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)

#7E7342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.165 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e79',
    500: '#dc5c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c45;
$custom-light: #ee8e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.139,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63389,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C45

secondary

#A0D4DD

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C45

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

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