#DC525E#DC525E

#DC525E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC525E
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, 54.73, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 59.10, 22.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1634 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.172 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5560, 22.0629, 13.0264)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC525E #52DCD0

analogous

#DC52A3 #DC525E #DC8B52

triadic

#DC525E #5EDC52 #525EDC

tetradic

#DC525E #A3DC52 #52DCD0 #8B52DC

square

#DC525E #A3DC52 #52DCD0 #8B52DC

split-complementary

#DC525E #52DC8B #52A3DC

monochromatic

#951E29 #C82936 #DC525E #E6858D #F1B8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DC525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#DC525E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC525E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC525E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed898b',
    500: '#dc525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc525e;
$custom-light: #ed898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC525E

secondary

#AAE0DB

accent

#E9DA3F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC525E

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

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