#DC505B#DC505B

#DC505B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.175 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC505B
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 55.37, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 60.18, 23.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.165 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.175 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2754, 21.7129, 12.2816)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC505B #50DCD1

analogous

#DC50A1 #DC505B #DC8B50

triadic

#DC505B #5BDC50 #505BDC

tetradic

#DC505B #A1DC50 #50DCD1 #8B50DC

square

#DC505B #A1DC50 #50DCD1 #8B50DC

split-complementary

#DC505B #50DC8B #50A1DC

monochromatic

#941E27 #C72834 #DC505B #E6838B #F0B6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DC505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DC505B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC505B

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC505B	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.175 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8889',
    500: '#dc505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc505b;
$custom-light: #ed8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62248,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC505B

secondary

#A8DFDB

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC505B

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

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