#DC5561#DC5561

#DC5561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.169 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5561
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 53.65, 21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 57.71, 21.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1605 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.169 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9244, 22.5802, 13.8263)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5561 #55DCD0

analogous

#DC55A4 #DC5561 #DC8D55

triadic

#DC5561 #61DC55 #5561DC

tetradic

#DC5561 #A4DC55 #55DCD0 #8D55DC

square

#DC5561 #A4DC55 #55DCD0 #8D55DC

split-complementary

#DC5561 #55DC8D #55A4DC

monochromatic

#971F2A #CA2A38 #DC5561 #E68890 #F1BBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DC5561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DC5561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5561

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5561	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.169 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b8d',
    500: '#dc5561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5561;
$custom-light: #ed8b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5561

secondary

#ACE0DC

accent

#E9DA3F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5561

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

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