#DC5559#DC5559

#DC5559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.169 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5559
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 53.08, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 58.99, 25.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.1574 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.169 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5701, 22.4384, 11.9599)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5559 #55DCD8

analogous

#DC559D #DC5559 #DC9455

triadic

#DC5559 #59DC55 #5559DC

tetradic

#DC5559 #9DDC55 #55DCD8 #9455DC

square

#DC5559 #9DDC55 #55DCD8 #9455DC

split-complementary

#DC5559 #55DC94 #559DDC

monochromatic

#971F23 #CA2A2E #DC5559 #E6888B #F1BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DC5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#DC5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5559

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5559	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.169 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b88',
    500: '#dc5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5559;
$custom-light: #ed8b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62812,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5559

secondary

#ACE0DF

accent

#E9E43F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5559

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

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