#DC524C#DC524C

#DC524C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.174 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC524C
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 53.56, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 62.59, 31.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1566 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.174 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8404, 21.7767, 9.2574)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC524C #4CD6DC

analogous

#DC4C8E #DC524C #DC9A4C

triadic

#DC524C #4CDC52 #524CDC

tetradic

#DC524C #8EDC4C #4CD6DC #9A4CDC

square

#DC524C #8EDC4C #4CD6DC #9A4CDC

split-complementary

#DC524C #4CDC9A #4C8EDC

monochromatic

#91211C #C42D26 #DC524C #E6837F #F0B5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DC524C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC524C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC524C	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)

#776E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.174 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee897e',
    500: '#dc524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc524c;
$custom-light: #ee897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62218,
    "c": 0.17412,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC524C

secondary

#A5DCDF

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC524C

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

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