#DC556A#DC556A

#DC556A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 14.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC556A
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 106)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(351, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 54.37, 16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 56.73, 16.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.164 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.169 14)
XYZ	xyz(35.3681, 22.7577, 16.1631)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC556A #55DCC7

analogous

#DC55AD #DC556A #DC8455

triadic

#DC556A #6ADC55 #556ADC

tetradic

#DC556A #ADDC55 #55DCC7 #8455DC

square

#DC556A #ADDC55 #55DCC7 #8455DC

split-complementary

#DC556A #55DC84 #55ADDC

monochromatic

#971F32 #CA2A43 #DC556A #E68896 #F1BBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DC556A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DC556A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC556A

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC556A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC556A	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74726A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc556a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b94',
    500: '#dc556a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc556a;
$custom-light: #ec8b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc556a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6317,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.22753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC556A

secondary

#ACE0D8

accent

#E9CE3F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC556A

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

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