#DC5A56#DC5A56

#DC5A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.164 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A56
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 50.63, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 58.11, 29.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1492 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.164 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8543, 23.2044, 11.4458)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A56 #56D8DC

analogous

#DC5695 #DC5A56 #DC9D56

triadic

#DC5A56 #56DC5A #5A56DC

tetradic

#DC5A56 #95DC56 #56D8DC #9D56DC

square

#DC5A56 #95DC56 #56D8DC #9D56DC

split-complementary

#DC5A56 #56DC9D #5695DC

monochromatic

#982320 #CB2F2A #DC5A56 #E68C89 #F1BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DC5A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DC5A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A56

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A56	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#7B7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.164 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d85',
    500: '#dc5a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a56;
$custom-light: #ed8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63392,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A56

secondary

#ADDFE1

accent

#E4E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A56

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

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