#DC5551#DC5551

#DC5551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.170 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5551
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 52.55, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 60.62, 29.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1543 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.17 25)
XYZ	xyz(34.2522, 22.3113, 10.2858)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5551 #51D8DC

analogous

#DC5193 #DC5551 #DC9B51

triadic

#DC5551 #51DC55 #5551DC

tetradic

#DC5551 #93DC51 #51D8DC #9B51DC

square

#DC5551 #93DC51 #51D8DC #9B51DC

split-complementary

#DC5551 #51DC9B #5193DC

monochromatic

#95211E #C82D28 #DC5551 #E68784 #F0B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DC5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DC5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5551

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5551	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)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.170 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a82',
    500: '#dc5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5551;
$custom-light: #ee8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62669,
    "c": 0.17026,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.22307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5551

secondary

#A9DEE0

accent

#E5E93E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5551

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

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