#DC5255#DC5255

#DC5255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5255
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 54.11, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 60.64, 26.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.16 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.173 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1755, 21.9107, 11.0221)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5255 #52DCD9

analogous

#DC529A #DC5255 #DC9452

triadic

#DC5255 #55DC52 #5255DC

tetradic

#DC5255 #9ADC52 #52DCD9 #9452DC

square

#DC5255 #9ADC52 #52DCD9 #9452DC

split-complementary

#DC5255 #52DC94 #529ADC

monochromatic

#951E21 #C8292C #DC5255 #E68587 #F1B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DC5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DC5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5255

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5255	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)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8985',
    500: '#dc5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5255;
$custom-light: #ee8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62372,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5255

secondary

#AAE0DF

accent

#E9E63F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5255

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

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