#DC5A62#DC5A62

#DC5A62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.163 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A62
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 98)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 51.50, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 55.93, 22.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1538 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.163 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3790, 23.4142, 14.2093)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A62 #5ADCD4

analogous

#DC5AA3 #DC5A62 #DC935A

triadic

#DC5A62 #62DC5A #5A62DC

tetradic

#DC5A62 #A3DC5A #5ADCD4 #935ADC

square

#DC5A62 #A3DC5A #5ADCD4 #935ADC

split-complementary

#DC5A62 #5ADC93 #5AA3DC

monochromatic

#9B2128 #CD2C35 #DC5A62 #E78C92 #F1BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DC5A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DC5A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A62

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A62	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.163 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e8e',
    500: '#dc5a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a62;
$custom-light: #ed8e8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63623,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A62

secondary

#B0E2DE

accent

#CDC219

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A62

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

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