#DC5950#DC5950

#DC5950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.166 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5950
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 50.70, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 59.75, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1483 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.166 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5388, 22.9441, 10.1977)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5950 #50D3DC

analogous

#DC508D #DC5950 #DC9F50

triadic

#DC5950 #50DC59 #5950DC

tetradic

#DC5950 #8DDC50 #50D3DC #9F50DC

square

#DC5950 #8DDC50 #50D3DC #9F50DC

split-complementary

#DC5950 #50DC9F #508DDC

monochromatic

#94251E #C73228 #DC5950 #E68983 #F0BAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DC5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DC5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5950

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5950	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.166 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d81',
    500: '#dc5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5950;
$custom-light: #ee8d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5950

secondary

#A8DCDF

accent

#DFEA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5950

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

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