#DC5550#DC5550

#DC5550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.170 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5550
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 52.49, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 60.85, 30.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.154 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.17 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2150, 22.2964, 10.0898)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5550 #50D7DC

analogous

#DC5091 #DC5550 #DC9B50

triadic

#DC5550 #50DC55 #5550DC

tetradic

#DC5550 #91DC50 #50D7DC #9B50DC

square

#DC5550 #91DC50 #50D7DC #9B50DC

split-complementary

#DC5550 #50DC9B #5091DC

monochromatic

#94221E #C72D28 #DC5550 #E68783 #F0B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DC5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DC5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5550

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5550	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#78704F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.170 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a81',
    500: '#dc5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5550;
$custom-light: #ee8a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62652,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5550

secondary

#A8DEDF

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5550

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

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