#DC5162#DC5162

#DC5162 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.173 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5162
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 98)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 55.46, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 58.90, 19.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1663 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.173 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6653, 21.9869, 13.9714)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5162 #51DCCB

analogous

#DC51A8 #DC5162 #DC8651

triadic

#DC5162 #62DC51 #5162DC

tetradic

#DC5162 #A8DC51 #51DCCB #8651DC

square

#DC5162 #A8DC51 #51DCCB #8651DC

split-complementary

#DC5162 #51DC86 #51A8DC

monochromatic

#951E2C #C8283C #DC5162 #E68490 #F0B7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DC5162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DC5162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5162

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5162	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.173 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed898e',
    500: '#dc5162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5162;
$custom-light: #ed898e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.662,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6251,
    "c": 0.17348,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5162

secondary

#A9E0D9

accent

#E9D53E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5162

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

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