#DC5055#DC5055

#DC5055 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.175 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5055
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 54.97, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 61.22, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1627 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.175 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0268, 21.6134, 10.9726)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5055 #50DCD7

analogous

#DC509B #DC5055 #DC9150

triadic

#DC5055 #55DC50 #5055DC

tetradic

#DC5055 #9BDC50 #50DCD7 #9150DC

square

#DC5055 #9BDC50 #50DCD7 #9150DC

split-complementary

#DC5055 #50DC91 #509BDC

monochromatic

#941E22 #C7282D #DC5055 #E68387 #F0B6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#DC5055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#DC5055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5055

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5055	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.175 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dc5055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5055;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62133,
    "c": 0.17514,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5055

secondary

#A8DFDE

accent

#EAE33E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5055

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

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