#DC5955#DC5955

#DC5955 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.165 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5955
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 51.02, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 58.61, 29.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.1502 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.165 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7305, 23.0208, 11.2072)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5955 #55D8DC

analogous

#DC5594 #DC5955 #DC9D55

triadic

#DC5955 #55DC59 #5955DC

tetradic

#DC5955 #94DC55 #55D8DC #9D55DC

square

#DC5955 #94DC55 #55D8DC #9D55DC

split-complementary

#DC5955 #55DC9D #5594DC

monochromatic

#97231F #CA2E2A #DC5955 #E68B88 #F1BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DC5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DC5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5955

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5955	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.165 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d85',
    500: '#dc5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5955;
$custom-light: #ed8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63245,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5955

secondary

#ACDFE0

accent

#E4E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5955

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

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