#DC5856#DC5856

#DC5856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.166 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5856
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 51.54, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 58.69, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.152 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.166 24)
XYZ	xyz(34.6879, 22.8715, 11.3903)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5856 #56DADC

analogous

#DC5697 #DC5856 #DC9B56

triadic

#DC5856 #56DC58 #5856DC

tetradic

#DC5856 #97DC56 #56DADC #9B56DC

square

#DC5856 #97DC56 #56DADC #9B56DC

split-complementary

#DC5856 #56DC9B #5697DC

monochromatic

#982120 #CB2C2A #DC5856 #E68A89 #F1BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC5856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DC5856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5856

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5856	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)

#797255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.166 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c85',
    500: '#dc5856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5856;
$custom-light: #ed8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63134,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.22867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5856

secondary

#ADE0E1

accent

#E6E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5856

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

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