#DC505D#DC505D

#DC505D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.175 H 18.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC505D
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 93)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 55.51, 22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 59.88, 22.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1658 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.175 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3628, 21.7478, 12.7421)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC505D #50DCCF

analogous

#DC50A3 #DC505D #DC8950

triadic

#DC505D #5DDC50 #505DDC

tetradic

#DC505D #A3DC50 #50DCCF #8950DC

square

#DC505D #A3DC50 #50DCCF #8950DC

split-complementary

#DC505D #50DC89 #50A3DC

monochromatic

#941E29 #C72837 #DC505D #E6838C #F0B6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DC505D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC505D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC505D

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC505D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC505D	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)

#736E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc505d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.175 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed888a',
    500: '#dc505d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc505d;
$custom-light: #ed888a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc505d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62288,
    "c": 0.17467,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC505D

secondary

#A8DFDA

accent

#EADA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC505D

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

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