#DC515B#DC515B

#DC515B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.174 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC515B
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 54.95, 23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 59.87, 23.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.1636 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.174 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3491, 21.8604, 12.3062)
Luminance	0.2186 (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

#DC515B #51DCD2

analogous

#DC51A1 #DC515B #DC8D51

triadic

#DC515B #5BDC51 #515BDC

tetradic

#DC515B #A1DC51 #51DCD2 #8D51DC

square

#DC515B #A1DC51 #51DCD2 #8D51DC

split-complementary

#DC515B #51DC8D #51A1DC

monochromatic

#951E26 #C82834 #DC515B #E6848B #F0B7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DC515B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DC515B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC515B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC515B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC515B	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc515b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.174 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8889',
    500: '#dc515b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc515b;
$custom-light: #ed8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc515b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.683,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62366,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC515B

secondary

#A9E0DC

accent

#E9DD3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC515B

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

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