#DC555D#DC555D

#DC555D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.169 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC555D
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 93)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 53.36, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 58.31, 23.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1589 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.169 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7426, 22.5075, 12.8687)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC555D #55DCD4

analogous

#DC55A1 #DC555D #DC9055

triadic

#DC555D #5DDC55 #555DDC

tetradic

#DC555D #A1DC55 #55DCD4 #9055DC

square

#DC555D #A1DC55 #55DCD4 #9055DC

split-complementary

#DC555D #55DC90 #55A1DC

monochromatic

#971F26 #CA2A33 #DC555D #E6888D #F1BBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DC555D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DC555D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC555D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC555D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC555D	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)

#76715C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc555d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.169 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b8a',
    500: '#dc555d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc555d;
$custom-light: #ed8b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc555d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6289,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC555D

secondary

#ACE0DD

accent

#E9DF3F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC555D

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

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