#DC5252#DC5252

#DC5252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.173 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5252
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 53.92, 29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 61.25, 28.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1588 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.173 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0588, 21.8640, 10.4077)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5252 #52DCDC

analogous

#DC5297 #DC5252 #DC9752

triadic

#DC5252 #52DC52 #5252DC

tetradic

#DC5252 #97DC52 #52DCDC #9752DC

square

#DC5252 #97DC52 #52DCDC #9752DC

split-complementary

#DC5252 #52DC97 #5297DC

monochromatic

#951E1E #C82929 #DC5252 #E68585 #F1B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DC5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DC5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5252

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5252	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)

#766E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.173 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8982',
    500: '#dc5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5252;
$custom-light: #ee8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.17331,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5252

secondary

#AAE0E0

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5252

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

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