#DC5157#DC5157

#DC5157 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5157
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 87)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 54.67, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 60.56, 25.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1621 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.174 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1812, 21.7932, 11.4216)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5157 #51DCD6

analogous

#DC519D #DC5157 #DC9151

triadic

#DC5157 #57DC51 #5157DC

tetradic

#DC5157 #9DDC51 #51DCD6 #9151DC

square

#DC5157 #9DDC51 #51DCD6 #9151DC

split-complementary

#DC5157 #51DC91 #519DDC

monochromatic

#951E23 #C8282F #DC5157 #E68488 #F0B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC5157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DC5157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5157

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5157	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)

#746E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8886',
    500: '#dc5157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5157;
$custom-light: #ee8886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.41,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5157

secondary

#A9E0DD

accent

#E9E23E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5157

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

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