#DC5056#DC5056

#DC5056 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.175 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5056
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 55.03, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 61.03, 25.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1631 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.175 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0668, 21.6295, 11.1833)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5056 #50DCD6

analogous

#DC509C #DC5056 #DC9050

triadic

#DC5056 #56DC50 #5056DC

tetradic

#DC5056 #9CDC50 #50DCD6 #9050DC

square

#DC5056 #9CDC50 #50DCD6 #9050DC

split-complementary

#DC5056 #50DC90 #509CDC

monochromatic

#941E23 #C7282F #DC5056 #E68387 #F0B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DC5056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#DC5056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5056

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5056	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#746D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.175 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dc5056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5056;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62152,
    "c": 0.17505,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5056

secondary

#A8DFDD

accent

#EAE23E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5056

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

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