#DC5451#DC5451

#DC5451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.171 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5451
RGB	rgb(220, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 52.99, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 60.90, 29.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1557 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.171 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1740, 22.1550, 10.2598)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5451 #51D9DC

analogous

#DC5194 #DC5451 #DC9A51

triadic

#DC5451 #51DC54 #5451DC

tetradic

#DC5451 #94DC51 #51D9DC #9A51DC

square

#DC5451 #94DC51 #51D9DC #9A51DC

split-complementary

#DC5451 #51DC9A #5194DC

monochromatic

#95201E #C82C28 #DC5451 #E68684 #F0B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DC5451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DC5451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5451

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5451	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.171 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a82',
    500: '#dc5451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5451;
$custom-light: #ee8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5451

secondary

#A9DFE0

accent

#E6E93E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5451

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

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