#DC555C#DC555C

#DC555C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.169 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC555C
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 53.29, 24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 58.47, 24.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.1585 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.169 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6986, 22.4899, 12.6369)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC555C #55DCD5

analogous

#DC559F #DC555C #DC9255

triadic

#DC555C #5CDC55 #555CDC

tetradic

#DC555C #9FDC55 #55DCD5 #9255DC

square

#DC555C #9FDC55 #55DCD5 #9255DC

split-complementary

#DC555C #55DC92 #559FDC

monochromatic

#971F25 #CA2A32 #DC555C #E6888D #F1BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DC555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DC555C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC555C

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC555C	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76715B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.169 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b8a',
    500: '#dc555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc555c;
$custom-light: #ed8b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6287,
    "c": 0.1691,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC555C

secondary

#ACE0DE

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC555C

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

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