#DC5553#DC5553

#DC5553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.170 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5553
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 52.68, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 60.18, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1551 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.17 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3283, 22.3417, 10.6866)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5553 #53DADC

analogous

#DC5396 #DC5553 #DC9A53

triadic

#DC5553 #53DC55 #5553DC

tetradic

#DC5553 #96DC53 #53DADC #9A53DC

square

#DC5553 #96DC53 #53DADC #9A53DC

split-complementary

#DC5553 #53DC9A #5396DC

monochromatic

#96201F #C92B29 #DC5553 #E68786 #F1BAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DC5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DC5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5553

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5553	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)

#787052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.170 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a83',
    500: '#dc5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5553;
$custom-light: #ee8a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.876,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62703,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5553

secondary

#ABDFE0

accent

#E7E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5553

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

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