#DC5A55#DC5A55

#DC5A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.164 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A55
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 50.57, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 58.32, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.1488 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.164 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8143, 23.1884, 11.2351)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A55 #55D7DC

analogous

#DC5594 #DC5A55 #DC9D55

triadic

#DC5A55 #55DC5A #5A55DC

tetradic

#DC5A55 #94DC55 #55D7DC #9D55DC

square

#DC5A55 #94DC55 #55D7DC #9D55DC

split-complementary

#DC5A55 #55DC9D #5594DC

monochromatic

#97241F #CA302A #DC5A55 #E68B88 #F1BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DC5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DC5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A55

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A55	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#7B7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.164 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d85',
    500: '#dc5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a55;
$custom-light: #ed8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.16431,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A55

secondary

#ACDFE0

accent

#E3E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A55

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

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