#DC545B#DC545B

#DC545B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.170 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC545B
RGB	rgb(220, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 53.65, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 58.95, 24.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.1595 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.17 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5770, 22.3162, 12.3822)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC545B #54DCD5

analogous

#DC549F #DC545B #DC9154

triadic

#DC545B #5BDC54 #545BDC

tetradic

#DC545B #9FDC54 #54DCD5 #9154DC

square

#DC545B #9FDC54 #54DCD5 #9154DC

split-complementary

#DC545B #54DC91 #549FDC

monochromatic

#971F25 #CA2932 #DC545B #E6878C #F1BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DC545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DC545B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC545B

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC545B	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76705A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.170 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a89',
    500: '#dc545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc545b;
$custom-light: #ed8a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.912,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC545B

secondary

#ACE0DE

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC545B

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

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