#DC524A#DC524A

#DC524A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.174 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC524A
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 53.45, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 63.08, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1558 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.174 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7719, 21.7493, 8.8969)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC524A #4AD4DC

analogous

#DC4A8B #DC524A #DC9B4A

triadic

#DC524A #4ADC52 #524ADC

tetradic

#DC524A #8BDC4A #4AD4DC #9B4ADC

square

#DC524A #8BDC4A #4AD4DC #9B4ADC

split-complementary

#DC524A #4ADC9B #4A8BDC

monochromatic

#90221C #C32E26 #DC524A #E6837D #F0B4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DC524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC524A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC524A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC524A	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)

#776E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.174 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee897d',
    500: '#dc524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc524a;
$custom-light: #ee897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62187,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC524A

secondary

#A4DBDE

accent

#E1EA3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC524A

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

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