#DC5851#DC5851

#DC5851 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.167 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5851
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 51.22, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 59.79, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1501 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.167 26)
XYZ	xyz(34.4934, 22.7937, 10.3662)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5851 #51D5DC

analogous

#DC5190 #DC5851 #DC9E51

triadic

#DC5851 #51DC58 #5851DC

tetradic

#DC5851 #90DC51 #51D5DC #9E51DC

square

#DC5851 #90DC51 #51D5DC #9E51DC

split-complementary

#DC5851 #51DC9E #5190DC

monochromatic

#95241E #C83028 #DC5851 #E68984 #F0BAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DC5851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DC5851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5851

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5851	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.167 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c82',
    500: '#dc5851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5851;
$custom-light: #ee8c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.022,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63048,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.22789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5851

secondary

#A9DDE0

accent

#E1E93E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5851

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

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