#DC5F40#DC5F40

#DC5F40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.164 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5F40
RGB	rgb(220, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 47.04, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 62.72, 41.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.134 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.164 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5363, 23.7748, 7.6199)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5F40 #40BDDC

analogous

#DC406F #DC5F40 #DCAD40

triadic

#DC5F40 #40DC5F #5F40DC

tetradic

#DC5F40 #6FDC40 #40BDDC #AD40DC

square

#DC5F40 #6FDC40 #40BDDC #AD40DC

split-complementary

#DC5F40 #40DCAD #406FDC

monochromatic

#892F19 #BC4123 #DC5F40 #E58A74 #EFB6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DC5F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DC5F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5F40

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5F40	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.164 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9076',
    500: '#dc5f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5f40;
$custom-light: #ee9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.923,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63731,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5F40

secondary

#9BCFDC

accent

#C9EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5F40

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

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