#DC5249#DC5249

#DC5249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.175 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5249
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 53.40, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 63.32, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1555 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.175 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7385, 21.7359, 8.7209)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5249 #49D3DC

analogous

#DC498A #DC5249 #DC9B49

triadic

#DC5249 #49DC52 #5249DC

tetradic

#DC5249 #8ADC49 #49D3DC #9B49DC

square

#DC5249 #8ADC49 #49D3DC #9B49DC

split-complementary

#DC5249 #49DC9B #498ADC

monochromatic

#8F231C #C22F25 #DC5249 #E6837C #F0B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DC5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC5249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5249

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5249	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.175 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee897c',
    500: '#dc5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5249;
$custom-light: #ee897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5249

secondary

#A3DADE

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5249

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

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