#DC5257#DC5257

#DC5257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5257
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 54.25, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 60.26, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1607 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.173 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2560, 21.9429, 11.4465)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5257 #52DCD7

analogous

#DC529C #DC5257 #DC9252

triadic

#DC5257 #57DC52 #5257DC

tetradic

#DC5257 #9CDC52 #52DCD7 #9252DC

square

#DC5257 #9CDC52 #52DCD7 #9252DC

split-complementary

#DC5257 #52DC92 #529CDC

monochromatic

#951E23 #C8292E #DC5257 #E68588 #F1B8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DC5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DC5257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5257

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5257	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8986',
    500: '#dc5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5257;
$custom-light: #ee8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.826,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62408,
    "c": 0.17281,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5257

secondary

#AAE0DE

accent

#E9E33F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5257

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

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