#DC5250#DC5250

#DC5250 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5250
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 53.80, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 61.68, 29.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1581 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.174 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9838, 21.8340, 10.0127)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5250 #50DADC

analogous

#DC5094 #DC5250 #DC9850

triadic

#DC5250 #50DC52 #5250DC

tetradic

#DC5250 #94DC50 #50DADC #9850DC

square

#DC5250 #94DC50 #50DADC #9850DC

split-complementary

#DC5250 #50DC98 #5094DC

monochromatic

#941F1E #C72A28 #DC5250 #E68483 #F0B7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DC5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DC5250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5250

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5250	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8981',
    500: '#dc5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5250;
$custom-light: #ee8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62284,
    "c": 0.17355,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5250

secondary

#A8DFDF

accent

#E7EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5250

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

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