#DC5960#DC5960

#DC5960 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.164 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5960
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 51.80, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 56.56, 23.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1545 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.164 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2020, 23.2094, 13.6902)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5960 #59DCD5

analogous

#DC59A1 #DC5960 #DC9359

triadic

#DC5960 #60DC59 #5960DC

tetradic

#DC5960 #A1DC59 #59DCD5 #9359DC

square

#DC5960 #A1DC59 #59DCD5 #9359DC

split-complementary

#DC5960 #59DC93 #59A1DC

monochromatic

#9A2027 #CD2B34 #DC5960 #E78C90 #F1BEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DC5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DC5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5960

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5960	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79735F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.164 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d8d',
    500: '#dc5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5960;
$custom-light: #ed8d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63453,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5960

secondary

#AFE1DF

accent

#CDC318

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5960

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

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