#DC5E41#DC5E41

#DC5E41 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.164 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E41
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 65)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 47.56, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 62.64, 40.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1358 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.164 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4755, 23.6073, 7.7412)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E41 #41BFDC

analogous

#DC4171 #DC5E41 #DCAB41

triadic

#DC5E41 #41DC5E #5E41DC

tetradic

#DC5E41 #71DC41 #41BFDC #AB41DC

square

#DC5E41 #71DC41 #41BFDC #AB41DC

split-complementary

#DC5E41 #41DCAB #4171DC

monochromatic

#892E19 #BD4023 #DC5E41 #E68A75 #EFB6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DC5E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DC5E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E41

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E41	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.164 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f77',
    500: '#dc5e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e41;
$custom-light: #ee8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.226,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63607,
    "c": 0.16447,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E41

secondary

#9CD0DD

accent

#CBEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E41

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

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