#DC5172#DC5172

#DC5172 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.175 H 9.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5172
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 114)
HSL	hsl(346, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(346, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 56.78, 10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 57.80, 10.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1724 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.175 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4977, 22.3198, 18.3552)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5172 #51DCBB

analogous

#DC51B8 #DC5172 #DC7651

triadic

#DC5172 #72DC51 #5172DC

tetradic

#DC5172 #B8DC51 #51DCBB #7651DC

square

#DC5172 #B8DC51 #51DCBB #7651DC

split-complementary

#DC5172 #51DC76 #51B8DC

monochromatic

#951E3A #C8284E #DC5172 #E6849B #F0B7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DC5172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DC5172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5172

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5172	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.175 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec899a',
    500: '#dc5172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5172;
$custom-light: #ec899a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.755,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62888,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5172

secondary

#A9E0D3

accent

#E9C13E

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0E

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5172

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

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