#DC5E48#DC5E48

#DC5E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.163 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E48
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 47.93, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 60.57, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1382 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.163 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6910, 23.6935, 8.8761)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E48 #48C6DC

analogous

#DC487C #DC5E48 #DCA848

triadic

#DC5E48 #48DC5E #5E48DC

tetradic

#DC5E48 #7CDC48 #48C6DC #A848DC

square

#DC5E48 #7CDC48 #48C6DC #A848DC

split-complementary

#DC5E48 #48DCA8 #487CDC

monochromatic

#8E2C1B #C23C25 #DC5E48 #E68B7B #F0B8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#DC5E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#DC5E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E48

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E48	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.163 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee907b',
    500: '#dc5e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e48;
$custom-light: #ee907b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.919,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63701,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E48

secondary

#A2D5DE

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E48

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

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