#DC5149#DC5149

#DC5149 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.176 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5149
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 53.83, 33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 63.58, 32.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.1568 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.176 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6637, 21.5862, 8.6959)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5149 #49D4DC

analogous

#DC498B #DC5149 #DC9A49

triadic

#DC5149 #49DC51 #5149DC

tetradic

#DC5149 #8BDC49 #49D4DC #9A49DC

square

#DC5149 #8BDC49 #49D4DC #9A49DC

split-complementary

#DC5149 #49DC9A #498BDC

monochromatic

#8F221C #C22E25 #DC5149 #E6827C #F0B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#DC5149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#DC5149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5149

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5149	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.176 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee887c',
    500: '#dc5149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5149;
$custom-light: #ee887c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.265,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.17561,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5149

secondary

#A3DBDE

accent

#E1EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5149

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

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