#DC5F49#DC5F49

#DC5F49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.161 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5F49
RGB	rgb(220, 95, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 47.52, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 60.05, 37.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1371 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.161 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8134, 23.8856, 9.0792)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5F49 #49C6DC

analogous

#DC497C #DC5F49 #DCA949

triadic

#DC5F49 #49DC5F #5F49DC

tetradic

#DC5F49 #7CDC49 #49C6DC #A949DC

square

#DC5F49 #7CDC49 #49C6DC #A949DC

split-complementary

#DC5F49 #49DCA9 #497CDC

monochromatic

#8F2D1C #C23D25 #DC5F49 #E68C7C #F0B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DC5F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DC5F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5F49

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5F49	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 95, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.161 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee907c',
    500: '#dc5f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5f49;
$custom-light: #ee907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.98,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63851,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5F49

secondary

#A3D5DE

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5F49

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

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