#DC556E#DC556E

#DC556E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.169 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC556E
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 54.71, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 56.46, 14.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1655 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.169 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5810, 22.8428, 17.2842)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC556E #55DCC3

analogous

#DC55B2 #DC556E #DC8055

triadic

#DC556E #6EDC55 #556EDC

tetradic

#DC556E #B2DC55 #55DCC3 #8055DC

square

#DC556E #B2DC55 #55DCC3 #8055DC

split-complementary

#DC556E #55DC80 #55B2DC

monochromatic

#971F35 #CA2A47 #DC556E #E68899 #F1BBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DC556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC556E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC556E	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73726E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.169 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b97',
    500: '#dc556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc556e;
$custom-light: #ec8b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63265,
    "c": 0.16927,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC556E

secondary

#ACE0D7

accent

#E9C93F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC556E

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

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