#DC516C#DC516C

#DC516C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.174 H 12.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC516C
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 108)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(348, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 56.26, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 58.02, 14.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1702 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.174 12)
XYZ	xyz(35.1673, 22.1877, 16.6152)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC516C #51DCC1

analogous

#DC51B2 #DC516C #DC7C51

triadic

#DC516C #6CDC51 #516CDC

tetradic

#DC516C #B2DC51 #51DCC1 #7C51DC

square

#DC516C #B2DC51 #51DCC1 #7C51DC

split-complementary

#DC516C #51DC7C #51B2DC

monochromatic

#951E35 #C82847 #DC516C #E68497 #F0B7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DC516C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DC516C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC516C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC516C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC516C	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71706C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc516c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.174 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8995',
    500: '#dc516c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc516c;
$custom-light: #ed8995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc516c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.345,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62738,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.22183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC516C

secondary

#A9E0D5

accent

#E9C83E

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC516C

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

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