#DC5261#DC5261

#DC5261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.172 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5261
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 54.95, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 58.69, 20.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1646 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.172 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6932, 22.1178, 13.7492)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5261 #52DCCD

analogous

#DC52A6 #DC5261 #DC8852

triadic

#DC5261 #61DC52 #5261DC

tetradic

#DC5261 #A6DC52 #52DCCD #8852DC

square

#DC5261 #A6DC52 #52DCCD #8852DC

split-complementary

#DC5261 #52DC88 #52A6DC

monochromatic

#951E2B #C8293A #DC5261 #E6858F #F1B8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DC5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DC5261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5261

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5261	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.172 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed898d',
    500: '#dc5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5261;
$custom-light: #ed898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.478,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62608,
    "c": 0.17233,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5261

secondary

#AAE0DA

accent

#E9D73F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5261

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

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