#DC5558#DC5558

#DC5558 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.169 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5558
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 88)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 60%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 53.01, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 59.18, 26.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.157 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.169 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5284, 22.4218, 11.7402)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5558 #55DCD9

analogous

#DC559B #DC5558 #DC9655

triadic

#DC5558 #58DC55 #5558DC

tetradic

#DC5558 #9BDC55 #55DCD9 #9655DC

square

#DC5558 #9BDC55 #55DCD9 #9655DC

split-complementary

#DC5558 #55DC96 #559BDC

monochromatic

#971F22 #CA2A2D #DC5558 #E6888A #F1BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DC5558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DC5558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5558

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5558	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)

#777057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.169 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b87',
    500: '#dc5558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5558;
$custom-light: #ed8b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62793,
    "c": 0.16942,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5558

secondary

#ACE0DF

accent

#E9E53F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5558

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

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