#DC515E#DC515E

#DC515E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.174 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC515E
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(354, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 55.16, 22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 59.42, 21.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1648 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.174 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4812, 21.9132, 13.0014)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC515E #51DCCF

analogous

#DC51A4 #DC515E #DC8A51

triadic

#DC515E #5EDC51 #515EDC

tetradic

#DC515E #A4DC51 #51DCCF #8A51DC

square

#DC515E #A4DC51 #51DCCF #8A51DC

split-complementary

#DC515E #51DC8A #51A4DC

monochromatic

#951E29 #C82837 #DC515E #E6848D #F0B7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DC515E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DC515E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC515E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC515E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC515E	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc515e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.174 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed888b',
    500: '#dc515e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc515e;
$custom-light: #ed888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc515e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.388,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62426,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC515E

secondary

#A9E0DB

accent

#E9D93E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC515E

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

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