#DC5555#DC5555

#DC5555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.170 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5555
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 52.81, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 59.77, 27.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1558 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.17 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4066, 22.3731, 11.0992)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5555 #55DCDC

analogous

#DC5599 #DC5555 #DC9955

triadic

#DC5555 #55DC55 #5555DC

tetradic

#DC5555 #99DC55 #55DCDC #9955DC

square

#DC5555 #99DC55 #55DCDC #9955DC

split-complementary

#DC5555 #55DC99 #5599DC

monochromatic

#971F1F #CA2A2A #DC5555 #E68888 #F1BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DC5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DC5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5555

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5555	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)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.170 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b85',
    500: '#dc5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5555;
$custom-light: #ed8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62739,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5555

secondary

#ACE0E0

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5555

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

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