#DC5456#DC5456

#DC5456 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.171 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5456
RGB	rgb(220, 84, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 53.31, 27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 59.86, 27.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1576 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.171 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3685, 22.2327, 11.2838)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5456 #54DCDA

analogous

#DC549A #DC5456 #DC9654

triadic

#DC5456 #56DC54 #5456DC

tetradic

#DC5456 #9ADC54 #54DCDA #9654DC

square

#DC5456 #9ADC54 #54DCDA #9654DC

split-complementary

#DC5456 #54DC96 #549ADC

monochromatic

#971F21 #CA292C #DC5456 #E68788 #F1BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DC5456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DC5456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5456

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5456	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 84, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.171 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a85',
    500: '#dc5456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5456;
$custom-light: #ed8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.118,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62633,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5456

secondary

#ACE0E0

accent

#E9E63F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5456

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

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