#DC5857#DC5857

#DC5857 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.166 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5857
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 51.61, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 58.48, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1524 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.166 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7284, 22.8877, 11.6040)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5857 #57DBDC

analogous

#DC5799 #DC5857 #DC9A57

triadic

#DC5857 #57DC58 #5857DC

tetradic

#DC5857 #99DC57 #57DBDC #9A57DC

square

#DC5857 #99DC57 #57DBDC #9A57DC

split-complementary

#DC5857 #57DC9A #5799DC

monochromatic

#992120 #CB2C2A #DC5857 #E78A8A #F1BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC5857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DC5857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5857

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5857	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.166 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c86',
    500: '#dc5857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5857;
$custom-light: #ed8c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.451,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63152,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5857

secondary

#AEE1E1

accent

#CCCD18

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5857

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

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