#DC5A63#DC5A63

#DC5A63 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.163 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A63
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 99)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 51.57, 21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 55.79, 22.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.1542 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.163 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4265, 23.4332, 14.4595)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A63 #5ADCD3

analogous

#DC5AA4 #DC5A63 #DC925A

triadic

#DC5A63 #63DC5A #5A63DC

tetradic

#DC5A63 #A4DC5A #5ADCD3 #925ADC

square

#DC5A63 #A4DC5A #5ADCD3 #925ADC

split-complementary

#DC5A63 #5ADC92 #5AA4DC

monochromatic

#9B2129 #CD2C37 #DC5A63 #E78C93 #F1BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DC5A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DC5A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A63

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A63	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.163 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e8f',
    500: '#dc5a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a63;
$custom-light: #ed8e8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63644,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A63

secondary

#B0E2DE

accent

#CDC019

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A63

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

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