#DC5859#DC5859

#DC5859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.166 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5859
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(360, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 51.74, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 58.09, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.1532 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.166 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8113, 22.9209, 12.0403)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5859 #58DCDB

analogous

#DC589B #DC5859 #DC9958

triadic

#DC5859 #59DC58 #5859DC

tetradic

#DC5859 #9BDC58 #58DCDB #9958DC

square

#DC5859 #9BDC58 #58DCDB #9958DC

split-complementary

#DC5859 #58DC99 #589BDC

monochromatic

#992021 #CC2B2C #DC5859 #E78B8B #F1BDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DC5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DC5859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5859

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5859	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.166 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c88',
    500: '#dc5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5859;
$custom-light: #ed8c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.545,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63189,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5859

secondary

#AFE1E1

accent

#CDCC18

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5859

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

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