#DC505C#DC505C

#DC505C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.175 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC505C
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 55.44, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 60.03, 22.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1654 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.175 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3188, 21.7302, 12.5103)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC505C #50DCD0

analogous

#DC50A2 #DC505C #DC8A50

triadic

#DC505C #5CDC50 #505CDC

tetradic

#DC505C #A2DC50 #50DCD0 #8A50DC

square

#DC505C #A2DC50 #50DCD0 #8A50DC

split-complementary

#DC505C #50DC8A #50A2DC

monochromatic

#941E28 #C72835 #DC505C #E6838C #F0B6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DC505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC505C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC505C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC505C	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.175 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed888a',
    500: '#dc505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc505c;
$custom-light: #ed888a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62268,
    "c": 0.1747,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC505C

secondary

#A8DFDB

accent

#EADB3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC505C

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

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