#DC5552#DC5552

#DC5552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.170 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5552
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 52.62, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 60.40, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1547 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.17 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2900, 22.3264, 10.4848)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5552 #52D9DC

analogous

#DC5294 #DC5552 #DC9A52

triadic

#DC5552 #52DC55 #5552DC

tetradic

#DC5552 #94DC52 #52D9DC #9A52DC

square

#DC5552 #94DC52 #52D9DC #9A52DC

split-complementary

#DC5552 #52DC9A #5294DC

monochromatic

#95211E #C82C29 #DC5552 #E68785 #F1B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DC5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DC5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5552

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5552	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)

#787051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.170 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a82',
    500: '#dc5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5552;
$custom-light: #ee8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62686,
    "c": 0.17012,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5552

secondary

#AADFE0

accent

#E6E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5552

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

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