#DC525A#DC525A

#DC525A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.173 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC525A
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 90)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 54.45, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 59.73, 24.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1619 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.173 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3812, 21.9930, 12.1055)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC525A #52DCD4

analogous

#DC529F #DC525A #DC8F52

triadic

#DC525A #5ADC52 #525ADC

tetradic

#DC525A #9FDC52 #52DCD4 #8F52DC

square

#DC525A #9FDC52 #52DCD4 #8F52DC

split-complementary

#DC525A #52DC8F #529FDC

monochromatic

#951E25 #C82932 #DC525A #E6858B #F1B8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DC525A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DC525A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC525A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC525A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC525A	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc525a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.173 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8988',
    500: '#dc525a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc525a;
$custom-light: #ed8988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc525a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62466,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC525A

secondary

#AAE0DD

accent

#E9DF3F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC525A

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

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