#DC5254#DC5254

#DC5254 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5254
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 84)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 61.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 54.05, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 60.84, 27.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1596 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.173 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1360, 21.8949, 10.8144)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5254 #52DCDA

analogous

#DC5299 #DC5254 #DC9552

triadic

#DC5254 #54DC52 #5254DC

tetradic

#DC5254 #99DC52 #52DCDA #9552DC

square

#DC5254 #99DC52 #52DCDA #9552DC

split-complementary

#DC5254 #52DC95 #5299DC

monochromatic

#951E20 #C8292B #DC5254 #E68586 #F1B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DC5254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DC5254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5254

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5254	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8984',
    500: '#dc5254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5254;
$custom-light: #ee8984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62354,
    "c": 0.17309,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5254

secondary

#AAE0DF

accent

#E9E73F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5254

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

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