#DC5A72#DC5A72

#DC5A72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.163 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A72
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(349, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 52.84, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 54.39, 13.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.16 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.163 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2114, 23.7472, 18.5931)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A72 #5ADCC4

analogous

#DC5AB3 #DC5A72 #DC835A

triadic

#DC5A72 #72DC5A #5A72DC

tetradic

#DC5A72 #B3DC5A #5ADCC4 #835ADC

square

#DC5A72 #B3DC5A #5ADCC4 #835ADC

split-complementary

#DC5A72 #5ADC83 #5AB3DC

monochromatic

#9B2137 #CD2C49 #DC5A72 #E78C9D #F1BFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DC5A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DC5A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A72

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A72	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98906F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.163 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8e9a',
    500: '#dc5a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a72;
$custom-light: #ec8e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A72

secondary

#B0E2D8

accent

#CDAC19

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FEF1F2

border

#D6CBCC

text

#170D0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A72

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

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