#DC524E#DC524E

#DC524E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC524E
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 53.68, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 62.13, 30.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1573 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.174 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9110, 21.8049, 9.6293)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC524E #4ED8DC

analogous

#DC4E91 #DC524E #DC994E

triadic

#DC524E #4EDC52 #524EDC

tetradic

#DC524E #91DC4E #4ED8DC #994EDC

square

#DC524E #91DC4E #4ED8DC #994EDC

split-complementary

#DC524E #4EDC99 #4E91DC

monochromatic

#93201D #C62C27 #DC524E #E68481 #F0B6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DC524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DC524E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC524E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC524E	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)

#766E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee897f',
    500: '#dc524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc524e;
$custom-light: #ee897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62251,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC524E

secondary

#A7DDDF

accent

#E5EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC524E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →