#DC5156#DC5156

#DC5156 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5156
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 54.61, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 60.74, 25.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1617 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.174 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1406, 21.7770, 11.2079)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5156 #51DCD7

analogous

#DC519C #DC5156 #DC9251

triadic

#DC5156 #56DC51 #5156DC

tetradic

#DC5156 #9CDC51 #51DCD7 #9251DC

square

#DC5156 #9CDC51 #51DCD7 #9251DC

split-complementary

#DC5156 #51DC92 #519CDC

monochromatic

#951E22 #C8282E #DC5156 #E68487 #F0B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC5156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5156

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5156	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)

#756E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dc5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5156;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.842,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6227,
    "c": 0.17398,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5156

secondary

#A9E0DE

accent

#E9E33E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5156

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

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