#DC5965#DC5965

#DC5965 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.164 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5965
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 52.18, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 55.86, 20.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1564 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.164 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4395, 23.3044, 14.9414)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5965 #59DCD0

analogous

#DC59A6 #DC5965 #DC8E59

triadic

#DC5965 #65DC59 #5965DC

tetradic

#DC5965 #A6DC59 #59DCD0 #8E59DC

square

#DC5965 #A6DC59 #59DCD0 #8E59DC

split-complementary

#DC5965 #59DC8E #59A6DC

monochromatic

#9A202C #CD2B3A #DC5965 #E78C94 #F1BEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC5965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC5965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5965

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5965	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.164 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d90',
    500: '#dc5965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5965;
$custom-light: #ed8d90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5965

secondary

#AFE1DD

accent

#CDBC18

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5965

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

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