#DC5050#DC5050

#DC5050 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.176 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5050
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 54.65, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 62.23, 28.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1608 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.176 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8352, 21.5368, 9.9632)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5050 #50DCDC

analogous

#DC5096 #DC5050 #DC9650

triadic

#DC5050 #50DC50 #5050DC

tetradic

#DC5050 #96DC50 #50DCDC #9650DC

square

#DC5050 #96DC50 #50DCDC #9650DC

split-complementary

#DC5050 #50DC96 #5096DC

monochromatic

#941E1E #C72828 #DC5050 #E68383 #F0B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DC5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#DC5050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5050

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5050	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.176 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8881',
    500: '#dc5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5050;
$custom-light: #ee8881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62045,
    "c": 0.17565,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5050

secondary

#A8DFDF

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5050

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

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