#DC556C#DC556C

#DC556C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC556C
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(350, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 54.54, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 56.58, 15.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1647 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.169 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4734, 22.7998, 16.7172)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC556C #55DCC5

analogous

#DC55AF #DC556C #DC8255

triadic

#DC556C #6CDC55 #556CDC

tetradic

#DC556C #AFDC55 #55DCC5 #8255DC

square

#DC556C #AFDC55 #55DCC5 #8255DC

split-complementary

#DC556C #55DC82 #55AFDC

monochromatic

#971F34 #CA2A45 #DC556C #E68898 #F1BBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DC556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DC556C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC556C

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC556C	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74726C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b95',
    500: '#dc556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc556c;
$custom-light: #ec8b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63217,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC556C

secondary

#ACE0D8

accent

#E9CC3F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC556C

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

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