#DC5155#DC5155

#DC5155 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5155
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 54.54, 27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 60.93, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1613 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.174 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1006, 21.7610, 10.9972)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5155 #51DCD8

analogous

#DC519B #DC5155 #DC9351

triadic

#DC5155 #55DC51 #5155DC

tetradic

#DC5155 #9BDC51 #51DCD8 #9351DC

square

#DC5155 #9BDC51 #51DCD8 #9351DC

split-complementary

#DC5155 #51DC93 #519BDC

monochromatic

#951E21 #C8282D #DC5155 #E68487 #F0B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC5155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5155

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5155	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)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dc5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5155;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.273,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62252,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5155

secondary

#A9E0DE

accent

#E9E53E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5155

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

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