#DC5A53#DC5A53

#DC5A53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.165 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A53
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 50.44, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 58.77, 30.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.148 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.165 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7359, 23.1570, 10.8225)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A53 #53D5DC

analogous

#DC5390 #DC5A53 #DC9F53

triadic

#DC5A53 #53DC5A #5A53DC

tetradic

#DC5A53 #90DC53 #53D5DC #9F53DC

square

#DC5A53 #90DC53 #53D5DC #9F53DC

split-complementary

#DC5A53 #53DC9F #5390DC

monochromatic

#96251F #C93129 #DC5A53 #E68B86 #F1BCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DC5A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DC5A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A53

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A53	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.165 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d83',
    500: '#dc5a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a53;
$custom-light: #ed8d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.066,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6334,
    "c": 0.16462,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A53

secondary

#ABDDE0

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A53

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

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