#DC5850#DC5850

#DC5850 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.167 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5850
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 51.16, 31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 60.02, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1498 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.167 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4562, 22.7788, 10.1702)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5850 #50D4DC

analogous

#DC508E #DC5850 #DC9E50

triadic

#DC5850 #50DC58 #5850DC

tetradic

#DC5850 #8EDC50 #50D4DC #9E50DC

square

#DC5850 #8EDC50 #50D4DC #9E50DC

split-complementary

#DC5850 #50DC9E #508EDC

monochromatic

#94241E #C73128 #DC5850 #E68983 #F0B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DC5850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DC5850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5850

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5850	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.167 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c81',
    500: '#dc5850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5850;
$custom-light: #ee8c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63031,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5850

secondary

#A8DCDF

accent

#E0EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5850

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

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