#DC5855#DC5855

#DC5855 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.166 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5855
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 51.47, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 58.90, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1516 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.166 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6479, 22.8555, 11.1796)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5855 #55D9DC

analogous

#DC5596 #DC5855 #DC9B55

triadic

#DC5855 #55DC58 #5855DC

tetradic

#DC5855 #96DC55 #55D9DC #9B55DC

square

#DC5855 #96DC55 #55D9DC #9B55DC

split-complementary

#DC5855 #55DC9B #5596DC

monochromatic

#97221F #CA2D2A #DC5855 #E68A88 #F1BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DC5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5855

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5855	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.166 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c85',
    500: '#dc5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5855;
$custom-light: #ed8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63117,
    "c": 0.16648,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5855

secondary

#ACDFE0

accent

#E5E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5855

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

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