#DC5256#DC5256

#DC5256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5256
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 54.18, 26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 60.45, 26.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1604 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.173 22)
XYZ	xyz(34.2155, 21.9267, 11.2328)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5256 #52DCD8

analogous

#DC529B #DC5256 #DC9352

triadic

#DC5256 #56DC52 #5256DC

tetradic

#DC5256 #9BDC52 #52DCD8 #9352DC

square

#DC5256 #9BDC52 #52DCD8 #9352DC

split-complementary

#DC5256 #52DC93 #529BDC

monochromatic

#951E22 #C8292D #DC5256 #E68588 #F1B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DC5256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DC5256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5256

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5256	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)

#756F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8985',
    500: '#dc5256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5256;
$custom-light: #ee8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.17289,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.21922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5256

secondary

#AAE0DE

accent

#E9E43F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5256

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

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