#DC5972#DC5972

#DC5972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.165 H 11.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5972
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 114)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(349, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 53.29, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 54.77, 13.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1614 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.165 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1276, 23.5796, 18.5651)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5972 #59DCC3

analogous

#DC59B3 #DC5972 #DC8259

triadic

#DC5972 #72DC59 #5972DC

tetradic

#DC5972 #B3DC59 #59DCC3 #8259DC

square

#DC5972 #B3DC59 #59DCC3 #8259DC

split-complementary

#DC5972 #59DC82 #59B3DC

monochromatic

#9A2038 #CD2B4A #DC5972 #E78C9D #F1BEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DC5972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DC5972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5972

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5972	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.165 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8d9a',
    500: '#dc5972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5972;
$custom-light: #ec8d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.55,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63859,
    "c": 0.16464,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5972

secondary

#AFE1D8

accent

#CDAB18

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FEF1F2

border

#D6CBCC

text

#170D0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5972

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

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