#DC5563#DC5563

#DC5563 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.169 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5563
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 99)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(354, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 53.81, 20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 57.45, 20.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1613 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.169 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0189, 22.6180, 14.3236)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5563 #55DCCE

analogous

#DC55A6 #DC5563 #DC8B55

triadic

#DC5563 #63DC55 #5563DC

tetradic

#DC5563 #A6DC55 #55DCCE #8B55DC

square

#DC5563 #A6DC55 #55DCCE #8B55DC

split-complementary

#DC5563 #55DC8B #55A6DC

monochromatic

#971F2C #CA2A3A #DC5563 #E68892 #F1BBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DC5563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DC5563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5563

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5563	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#757163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.169 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b8f',
    500: '#dc5563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5563;
$custom-light: #ed8b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63014,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5563

secondary

#ACE0DB

accent

#E9D73F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5563

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

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