#DC5566#DC5566

#DC5566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.169 H 15.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5566
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(352, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(352, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 54.04, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 57.11, 18.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1624 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.169 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1650, 22.6764, 15.0930)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5566 #55DCCB

analogous

#DC55AA #DC5566 #DC8755

triadic

#DC5566 #66DC55 #5566DC

tetradic

#DC5566 #AADC55 #55DCCB #8755DC

square

#DC5566 #AADC55 #55DCCB #8755DC

split-complementary

#DC5566 #55DC87 #55AADC

monochromatic

#971F2E #CA2A3E #DC5566 #E68894 #F1BBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DC5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#DC5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5566

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5566	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	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)

#757166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.169 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b91',
    500: '#dc5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5566;
$custom-light: #ed8b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.16884,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5566

secondary

#ACE0DA

accent

#E9D33F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5566

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

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