#DC5957#DC5957

#DC5957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.165 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5957
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 51.16, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 58.19, 28.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.151 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.165 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8111, 23.0530, 11.6315)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5957 #57DADC

analogous

#DC5798 #DC5957 #DC9B57

triadic

#DC5957 #57DC59 #5957DC

tetradic

#DC5957 #98DC57 #57DADC #9B57DC

square

#DC5957 #98DC57 #57DADC #9B57DC

split-complementary

#DC5957 #57DC9B #5798DC

monochromatic

#992220 #CB2D2A #DC5957 #E78B8A #F1BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DC5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DC5957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5957

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5957	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.165 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d86',
    500: '#dc5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5957;
$custom-light: #ed8d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63281,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5957

secondary

#AEE0E1

accent

#CBCD18

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5957

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

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