#DC556D#DC556D

#DC556D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 12.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC556D
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 54.62, 14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 56.52, 14.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.1651 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.169 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5269, 22.8212, 16.9991)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC556D #55DCC4

analogous

#DC55B1 #DC556D #DC8055

triadic

#DC556D #6DDC55 #556DDC

tetradic

#DC556D #B1DC55 #55DCC4 #8055DC

square

#DC556D #B1DC55 #55DCC4 #8055DC

split-complementary

#DC556D #55DC80 #55B1DC

monochromatic

#971F35 #CA2A46 #DC556D #E68899 #F1BBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DC556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC556D

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC556D	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#74726D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b96',
    500: '#dc556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc556d;
$custom-light: #ec8b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC556D

secondary

#ACE0D7

accent

#E9CB3F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC556D

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

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