#DC5853#DC5853

#DC5853 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.167 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5853
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 51.34, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 59.33, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1509 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.167 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5695, 22.8242, 10.7671)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5853 #53D7DC

analogous

#DC5393 #DC5853 #DC9D53

triadic

#DC5853 #53DC58 #5853DC

tetradic

#DC5853 #93DC53 #53D7DC #9D53DC

square

#DC5853 #93DC53 #53D7DC #9D53DC

split-complementary

#DC5853 #53DC9D #5393DC

monochromatic

#96231F #C92F29 #DC5853 #E68986 #F1BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC5853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DC5853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5853

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5853	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#7A7252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.167 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c83',
    500: '#dc5853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5853;
$custom-light: #ed8c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.19,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63082,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5853

secondary

#ABDEE0

accent

#E3E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5853

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

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