#DC524D#DC524D

#DC524D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.174 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC524D
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 53.62, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 62.36, 30.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.157 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.174 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8754, 21.7907, 9.4420)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC524D #4DD7DC

analogous

#DC4D8F #DC524D #DC994D

triadic

#DC524D #4DDC52 #524DDC

tetradic

#DC524D #8FDC4D #4DD7DC #994DDC

square

#DC524D #8FDC4D #4DD7DC #994DDC

split-complementary

#DC524D #4DDC99 #4D8FDC

monochromatic

#92211D #C52C27 #DC524D #E68480 #F0B5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC524D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DC524D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC524D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC524D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC524D	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc524d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.174 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee897f',
    500: '#dc524d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc524d;
$custom-light: #ee897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc524d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.098,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62234,
    "c": 0.17397,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC524D

secondary

#A6DDDF

accent

#E4EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC524D

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

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