#DC5E42#DC5E42

#DC5E42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.164 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E42
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 47.61, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 62.33, 40.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1361 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.164 34)
XYZ	xyz(34.5047, 23.6189, 7.8951)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E42 #42C0DC

analogous

#DC4273 #DC5E42 #DCAB42

triadic

#DC5E42 #42DC5E #5E42DC

tetradic

#DC5E42 #73DC42 #42C0DC #AB42DC

square

#DC5E42 #73DC42 #42C0DC #AB42DC

split-complementary

#DC5E42 #42DCAB #4273DC

monochromatic

#8A2E1A #BE3F23 #DC5E42 #E68A76 #EFB6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DC5E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DC5E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E42

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E42	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)

#80743F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.164 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f77',
    500: '#dc5e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e42;
$custom-light: #ee8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6362,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.23614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E42

secondary

#9DD1DD

accent

#CCEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E42

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

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