#DC556B#DC556B

#DC556B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 13.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC556B
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 107)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(350, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 51.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 54.45, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 56.66, 16.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.1643 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.169 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4204, 22.7786, 16.4385)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC556B #55DCC6

analogous

#DC55AF #DC556B #DC8255

triadic

#DC556B #6BDC55 #556BDC

tetradic

#DC556B #AFDC55 #55DCC6 #8255DC

square

#DC556B #AFDC55 #55DCC6 #8255DC

split-complementary

#DC556B #55DC82 #55AFDC

monochromatic

#971F33 #CA2A44 #DC556B #E68897 #F1BBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DC556B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DC556B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC556B

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC556B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC556B	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)

#74726B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc556b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b95',
    500: '#dc556b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc556b;
$custom-light: #ec8b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc556b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63193,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC556B

secondary

#ACE0D8

accent

#E9CD3F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC556B

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

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