#DC5656#DC5656

#DC5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.169 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5656
RGB	rgb(220, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 52.43, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 59.27, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.1548 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.169 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5259, 22.5476, 11.3363)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5656 #56DCDC

analogous

#DC5699 #DC5656 #DC9956

triadic

#DC5656 #56DC56 #5656DC

tetradic

#DC5656 #99DC56 #56DCDC #9956DC

square

#DC5656 #99DC56 #56DCDC #9956DC

split-complementary

#DC5656 #56DC99 #5699DC

monochromatic

#982020 #CB2A2A #DC5656 #E68989 #F1BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DC5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DC5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5656

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5656	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.169 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b85',
    500: '#dc5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5656;
$custom-light: #ed8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62881,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5656

secondary

#ADE1E1

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5656

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

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