#DC524B#DC524B

#DC524B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.174 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC524B
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 75)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 53.51, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 62.83, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.1562 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.174 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8059, 21.7629, 9.0758)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC524B #4BD5DC

analogous

#DC4B8C #DC524B #DC9B4B

triadic

#DC524B #4BDC52 #524BDC

tetradic

#DC524B #8CDC4B #4BD5DC #9B4BDC

square

#DC524B #8CDC4B #4BD5DC #9B4BDC

split-complementary

#DC524B #4BDC9B #4B8CDC

monochromatic

#91221C #C42E26 #DC524B #E6837E #F0B4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC524B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC524B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC524B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC524B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC524B	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#776E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc524b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.174 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee897d',
    500: '#dc524b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc524b;
$custom-light: #ee897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc524b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62202,
    "c": 0.17428,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC524B

secondary

#A4DCDE

accent

#E2EA3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC524B

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

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