#DC5A65#DC5A65

#DC5A65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.163 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A65
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 51.73, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 55.52, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.155 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.163 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5233, 23.4720, 14.9693)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A65 #5ADCD1

analogous

#DC5AA6 #DC5A65 #DC905A

triadic

#DC5A65 #65DC5A #5A65DC

tetradic

#DC5A65 #A6DC5A #5ADCD1 #905ADC

square

#DC5A65 #A6DC5A #5ADCD1 #905ADC

split-complementary

#DC5A65 #5ADC90 #5AA6DC

monochromatic

#9B212B #CD2C39 #DC5A65 #E78C94 #F1BFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DC5A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DC5A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A65

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A65	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)

#797465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.163 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8e90',
    500: '#dc5a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a65;
$custom-light: #ec8e90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63686,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A65

secondary

#B0E2DD

accent

#CDBE19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A65

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

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