#DC5051#DC5051

#DC5051 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.176 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5051
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 81)
HSL	hsl(360, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 54.72, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 62.02, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1611 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.176 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8724, 21.5517, 10.1592)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5051 #50DCDB

analogous

#DC5097 #DC5051 #DC9550

triadic

#DC5051 #51DC50 #5051DC

tetradic

#DC5051 #97DC50 #50DCDB #9550DC

square

#DC5051 #97DC50 #50DCDB #9550DC

split-complementary

#DC5051 #50DC95 #5097DC

monochromatic

#941E1E #C72829 #DC5051 #E68384 #F0B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DC5051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#DC5051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5051

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5051	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)

#756D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.176 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8882',
    500: '#dc5051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5051;
$custom-light: #ee8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5051

secondary

#A8DFDF

accent

#EAE83E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5051

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

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