#DC545E#DC545E

#DC545E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.170 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC545E
RGB	rgb(220, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 53.87, 22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 58.47, 22.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1607 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.17 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7090, 22.3690, 13.0774)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC545E #54DCD2

analogous

#DC54A2 #DC545E #DC8E54

triadic

#DC545E #5EDC54 #545EDC

tetradic

#DC545E #A2DC54 #54DCD2 #8E54DC

square

#DC545E #A2DC54 #54DCD2 #8E54DC

split-complementary

#DC545E #54DC8E #54A2DC

monochromatic

#971F28 #CA2935 #DC545E #E6878E #F1BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DC545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DC545E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC545E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC545E	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75705E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.170 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a8b',
    500: '#dc545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc545e;
$custom-light: #ed8a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62787,
    "c": 0.17012,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC545E

secondary

#ACE0DC

accent

#E9DC3F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC545E

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

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