#DC5A50#DC5A50

#DC5A50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.165 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A50
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 50.25, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 59.48, 32.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.1469 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.165 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6226, 23.1117, 10.2257)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A50 #50D2DC

analogous

#DC508C #DC5A50 #DCA050

triadic

#DC5A50 #50DC5A #5A50DC

tetradic

#DC5A50 #8CDC50 #50D2DC #A050DC

square

#DC5A50 #8CDC50 #50D2DC #A050DC

split-complementary

#DC5A50 #50DCA0 #508CDC

monochromatic

#94261E #C73328 #DC5A50 #E68A83 #F0BAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DC5A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DC5A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A50

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A50	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.165 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d81',
    500: '#dc5a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a50;
$custom-light: #ee8d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A50

secondary

#A8DCDF

accent

#DDEA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A50

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

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