#DC5C48#DC5C48

#DC5C48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.165 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C48
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 48.86, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 61.06, 36.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1411 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.165 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5154, 23.3424, 8.8176)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C48 #48C8DC

analogous

#DC487E #DC5C48 #DCA648

triadic

#DC5C48 #48DC5C #5C48DC

tetradic

#DC5C48 #7EDC48 #48C8DC #A648DC

square

#DC5C48 #7EDC48 #48C8DC #A648DC

split-complementary

#DC5C48 #48DCA6 #487EDC

monochromatic

#8E2B1B #C23A25 #DC5C48 #E68A7B #F0B8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC5C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DC5C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C48

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C48	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.165 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e7b',
    500: '#dc5c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c48;
$custom-light: #ee8e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.108,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63431,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C48

secondary

#A2D6DE

accent

#D3EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C48

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

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