#DC505F#DC505F

#DC505F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.175 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC505F
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 95)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 55.66, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 59.60, 20.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1665 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.175 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4525, 21.7837, 13.2147)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC505F #50DCCD

analogous

#DC50A5 #DC505F #DC8750

triadic

#DC505F #5FDC50 #505FDC

tetradic

#DC505F #A5DC50 #50DCCD #8750DC

square

#DC505F #A5DC50 #50DCCD #8750DC

split-complementary

#DC505F #50DC87 #50A5DC

monochromatic

#941E2A #C72839 #DC505F #E6838E #F0B6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC505F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DC505F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC505F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC505F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC505F	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc505f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.175 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed888c',
    500: '#dc505f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc505f;
$custom-light: #ed888c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc505f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62329,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC505F

secondary

#A8DFDA

accent

#EAD73E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC505F

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

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