#DC5565#DC5565

#DC5565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.169 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5565
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(353, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 53.96, 19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 57.21, 19.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.162 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.169 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1157, 22.6567, 14.8334)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5565 #55DCCC

analogous

#DC55A9 #DC5565 #DC8955

triadic

#DC5565 #65DC55 #5565DC

tetradic

#DC5565 #A9DC55 #55DCCC #8955DC

square

#DC5565 #A9DC55 #55DCCC #8955DC

split-complementary

#DC5565 #55DC89 #55A9DC

monochromatic

#971F2D #CA2A3D #DC5565 #E68893 #F1BBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DC5565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#DC5565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5565

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5565	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.169 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b90',
    500: '#dc5565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5565;
$custom-light: #ed8b90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5565

secondary

#ACE0DA

accent

#E9D53F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5565

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

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