#DC505E#DC505E

#DC505E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.175 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC505E
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 55.58, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 59.74, 21.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1661 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.175 18)
XYZ	xyz(34.4074, 21.7657, 12.9769)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC505E #50DCCE

analogous

#DC50A4 #DC505E #DC8850

triadic

#DC505E #5EDC50 #505EDC

tetradic

#DC505E #A4DC50 #50DCCE #8850DC

square

#DC505E #A4DC50 #50DCCE #8850DC

split-complementary

#DC505E #50DC88 #50A4DC

monochromatic

#941E29 #C72838 #DC505E #E6838D #F0B6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC505E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC505E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC505E	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#736E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.175 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed888b',
    500: '#dc505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc505e;
$custom-light: #ed888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62308,
    "c": 0.17464,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.21761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC505E

secondary

#A8DFDA

accent

#EAD83E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC505E

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

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