#DC5757#DC5757

#DC5757 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.167 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5757
RGB	rgb(220, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 52.05, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 58.78, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1538 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.167 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6469, 22.7247, 11.5768)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5757 #57DCDC

analogous

#DC5799 #DC5757 #DC9957

triadic

#DC5757 #57DC57 #5757DC

tetradic

#DC5757 #99DC57 #57DCDC #9957DC

square

#DC5757 #99DC57 #57DCDC #9957DC

split-complementary

#DC5757 #57DC99 #5799DC

monochromatic

#992020 #CB2A2A #DC5757 #E78A8A #F1BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DC5757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DC5757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5757

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5757	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.167 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c86',
    500: '#dc5757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5757;
$custom-light: #ed8c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63025,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5757

secondary

#AEE1E1

accent

#CDCD18

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5757

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

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