#DC5251#DC5251

#DC5251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.173 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5251
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 53.86, 29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 61.46, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.1585 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.173 24)
XYZ	xyz(34.0210, 21.8489, 10.2088)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5251 #51DBDC

analogous

#DC5196 #DC5251 #DC9851

triadic

#DC5251 #51DC52 #5251DC

tetradic

#DC5251 #96DC51 #51DBDC #9851DC

square

#DC5251 #96DC51 #51DBDC #9851DC

split-complementary

#DC5251 #51DC98 #5196DC

monochromatic

#951F1E #C82928 #DC5251 #E68584 #F0B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DC5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DC5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5251

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5251	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)

#766E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.173 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8982',
    500: '#dc5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5251;
$custom-light: #ee8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.432,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.17343,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.21844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5251

secondary

#A9DFE0

accent

#E8E93E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5251

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

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