#DC5572#DC5572

#DC5572 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 10.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5572
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 114)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(347, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 55.06, 11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 56.30, 12.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.167 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.17 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8037, 22.9319, 18.4572)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5572 #55DCBF

analogous

#DC55B6 #DC5572 #DC7B55

triadic

#DC5572 #72DC55 #5572DC

tetradic

#DC5572 #B6DC55 #55DCBF #7B55DC

square

#DC5572 #B6DC55 #55DCBF #7B55DC

split-complementary

#DC5572 #55DC7B #55B6DC

monochromatic

#971F39 #CA2A4C #DC5572 #E6889C #F1BBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DC5572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DC5572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5572

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5572	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b9a',
    500: '#dc5572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5572;
$custom-light: #ec8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5572

secondary

#ACE0D5

accent

#E9C43F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FEF0F2

border

#D6CBCC

text

#170C0E

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5572

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

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