#DC5161#DC5161

#DC5161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.173 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5161
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 55.38, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 59.02, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1659 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.173 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6184, 21.9681, 13.7242)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5161 #51DCCC

analogous

#DC51A6 #DC5161 #DC8751

triadic

#DC5161 #61DC51 #5161DC

tetradic

#DC5161 #A6DC51 #51DCCC #8751DC

square

#DC5161 #A6DC51 #51DCCC #8751DC

split-complementary

#DC5161 #51DC87 #51A6DC

monochromatic

#951E2C #C8283B #DC5161 #E6848F #F0B7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DC5161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DC5161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5161

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5161	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.173 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed888d',
    500: '#dc5161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5161;
$custom-light: #ed888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.094,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62489,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5161

secondary

#A9E0D9

accent

#E9D63E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5161

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

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