#DC516E#DC516E

#DC516E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.174 H 11.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC516E
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 110)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(347, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 56.43, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 57.92, 13.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1709 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.174 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2750, 22.2307, 17.1822)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC516E #51DCBF

analogous

#DC51B4 #DC516E #DC7A51

triadic

#DC516E #6EDC51 #516EDC

tetradic

#DC516E #B4DC51 #51DCBF #7A51DC

square

#DC516E #B4DC51 #51DCBF #7A51DC

split-complementary

#DC516E #51DC7A #51B4DC

monochromatic

#951E37 #C82849 #DC516E #E68498 #F0B7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DC516E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DC516E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC516E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC516E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC516E	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71706E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc516e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.174 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8997',
    500: '#dc516e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc516e;
$custom-light: #ec8997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc516e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.482,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62787,
    "c": 0.17417,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC516E

secondary

#A9E0D4

accent

#E9C63E

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC516E

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

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