#DC5C49#DC5C49

#DC5C49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.164 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C49
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 48.92, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 60.78, 36.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1415 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.164 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5483, 23.3555, 8.9908)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C49 #49C9DC

analogous

#DC4980 #DC5C49 #DCA549

triadic

#DC5C49 #49DC5C #5C49DC

tetradic

#DC5C49 #80DC49 #49C9DC #A549DC

square

#DC5C49 #80DC49 #49C9DC #A549DC

split-complementary

#DC5C49 #49DCA5 #4980DC

monochromatic

#8F2A1C #C23A25 #DC5C49 #E68A7C #F0B8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DC5C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DC5C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C49

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C49	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#7E7347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.164 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e7c',
    500: '#dc5c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c49;
$custom-light: #ee8e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.755,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63446,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C49

secondary

#A3D6DE

accent

#D4EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C49

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

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