#DC5557#DC5557

#DC5557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.170 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5557
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 52.94, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 59.37, 26.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.1566 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.17 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4872, 22.4053, 11.5236)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5557 #55DCDA

analogous

#DC559B #DC5557 #DC9655

triadic

#DC5557 #57DC55 #5557DC

tetradic

#DC5557 #9BDC55 #55DCDA #9655DC

square

#DC5557 #9BDC55 #55DCDA #9655DC

split-complementary

#DC5557 #55DC96 #559BDC

monochromatic

#971F21 #CA2A2C #DC5557 #E68889 #F1BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DC5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DC5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5557

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5557	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.170 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b86',
    500: '#dc5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5557;
$custom-light: #ed8b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62775,
    "c": 0.16952,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5557

secondary

#ACE0E0

accent

#E9E63F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5557

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

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