#DC5151#DC5151

#DC5151 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.174 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5151
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 54.29, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 61.74, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1598 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.174 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9462, 21.6992, 10.1838)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5151 #51DCDC

analogous

#DC5197 #DC5151 #DC9751

triadic

#DC5151 #51DC51 #5151DC

tetradic

#DC5151 #97DC51 #51DCDC #9751DC

square

#DC5151 #97DC51 #51DCDC #9751DC

split-complementary

#DC5151 #51DC97 #5197DC

monochromatic

#951E1E #C82828 #DC5151 #E68484 #F0B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DC5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DC5151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5151

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5151	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.174 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8882',
    500: '#dc5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5151;
$custom-light: #ee8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62181,
    "c": 0.17448,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5151

secondary

#A9E0E0

accent

#E9E93E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5151

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

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