#DC536D#DC536D

#DC536D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC536D
RGB	rgb(220, 83, 109)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(349, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 55.49, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 57.25, 14.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1679 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.172 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3716, 22.5107, 16.9474)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC536D #53DCC2

analogous

#DC53B2 #DC536D #DC7E53

triadic

#DC536D #6DDC53 #536DDC

tetradic

#DC536D #B2DC53 #53DCC2 #7E53DC

square

#DC536D #B2DC53 #53DCC2 #7E53DC

split-complementary

#DC536D #53DC7E #53B2DC

monochromatic

#961F35 #C92947 #DC536D #E68698 #F1B9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DC536D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DC536D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC536D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC536D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC536D	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72716D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc536d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 83, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8a96',
    500: '#dc536d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc536d;
$custom-light: #ec8a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc536d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.613,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62999,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC536D

secondary

#ABE0D6

accent

#E9C93F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC536D

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

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