#DC5657#DC5657

#DC5657 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.168 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5657
RGB	rgb(220, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(360, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 52.50, 27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 59.07, 27.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1552 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.168 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5665, 22.5639, 11.5500)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5657 #56DCDB

analogous

#DC569A #DC5657 #DC9856

triadic

#DC5657 #57DC56 #5657DC

tetradic

#DC5657 #9ADC56 #56DCDB #9856DC

square

#DC5657 #9ADC56 #56DCDB #9856DC

split-complementary

#DC5657 #56DC98 #569ADC

monochromatic

#982020 #CB2A2B #DC5657 #E68989 #F1BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DC5657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DC5657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5657

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5657	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)

#787156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.168 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b86',
    500: '#dc5657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5657;
$custom-light: #ed8b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62899,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5657

secondary

#ADE1E0

accent

#E9E73F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5657

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

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