#DC5457#DC5457

#DC5457 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.171 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5457
RGB	rgb(220, 84, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 53.38, 26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 59.67, 26.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.158 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.171 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4091, 22.2490, 11.4975)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5457 #54DCD9

analogous

#DC549B #DC5457 #DC9554

triadic

#DC5457 #57DC54 #5457DC

tetradic

#DC5457 #9BDC54 #54DCD9 #9554DC

square

#DC5457 #9BDC54 #54DCD9 #9554DC

split-complementary

#DC5457 #54DC95 #549BDC

monochromatic

#971F22 #CA292D #DC5457 #E68789 #F1BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DC5457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DC5457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5457

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5457	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#767056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 84, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.171 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a86',
    500: '#dc5457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5457;
$custom-light: #ed8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.676,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5457

secondary

#ACE0DF

accent

#E9E53F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5457

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

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