#DC5D40#DC5D40

#DC5D40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.166 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5D40
RGB	rgb(220, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 47.98, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 63.16, 40.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1369 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.166 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3584, 23.4191, 7.5606)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5D40 #40BFDC

analogous

#DC4071 #DC5D40 #DCAB40

triadic

#DC5D40 #40DC5D #5D40DC

tetradic

#DC5D40 #71DC40 #40BFDC #AB40DC

square

#DC5D40 #71DC40 #40BFDC #AB40DC

split-complementary

#DC5D40 #40DCAB #4071DC

monochromatic

#892E19 #BC3F23 #DC5D40 #E58974 #EFB5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DC5D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DC5D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5D40

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5D40	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.166 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f76',
    500: '#dc5d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5d40;
$custom-light: #ee8f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.154,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63459,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5D40

secondary

#9BD0DC

accent

#CBEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5D40

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

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