#DC5159#DC5159

#DC5159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5159
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 54.81, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 60.20, 24.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1629 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.174 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2640, 21.8263, 11.8579)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5159 #51DCD4

analogous

#DC519F #DC5159 #DC8F51

triadic

#DC5159 #59DC51 #5159DC

tetradic

#DC5159 #9FDC51 #51DCD4 #8F51DC

square

#DC5159 #9FDC51 #51DCD4 #8F51DC

split-complementary

#DC5159 #51DC8F #519FDC

monochromatic

#951E25 #C82831 #DC5159 #E6848A #F0B7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DC5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DC5159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5159

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5159	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8887',
    500: '#dc5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5159;
$custom-light: #ed8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.547,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62327,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5159

secondary

#A9E0DD

accent

#E9E03E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5159

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

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