#DC5D42#DC5D42

#DC5D42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.165 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5D42
RGB	rgb(220, 93, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 48.08, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 62.56, 39.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1376 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.165 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4164, 23.4423, 7.8657)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5D42 #42C1DC

analogous

#DC4274 #DC5D42 #DCAA42

triadic

#DC5D42 #42DC5D #5D42DC

tetradic

#DC5D42 #74DC42 #42C1DC #AA42DC

square

#DC5D42 #74DC42 #42C1DC #AA42DC

split-complementary

#DC5D42 #42DCAA #4274DC

monochromatic

#8A2D1A #BE3E23 #DC5D42 #E68976 #EFB6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DC5D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DC5D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5D42

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5D42	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F743F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 93, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.165 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f77',
    500: '#dc5d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5d42;
$custom-light: #ee8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.519,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63484,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5D42

secondary

#9DD2DD

accent

#CDEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5D42

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

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