#DC5B50#DC5B50

#DC5B50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.164 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B50
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 49.79, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 59.21, 32.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1455 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.164 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7075, 23.2815, 10.2540)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B50 #50D1DC

analogous

#DC508B #DC5B50 #DCA150

triadic

#DC5B50 #50DC5B #5B50DC

tetradic

#DC5B50 #8BDC50 #50D1DC #A150DC

square

#DC5B50 #8BDC50 #50D1DC #A150DC

split-complementary

#DC5B50 #50DCA1 #508BDC

monochromatic

#94271E #C73428 #DC5B50 #E68B83 #F0BBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC5B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B50

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B50	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.164 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e81',
    500: '#dc5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b50;
$custom-light: #ee8e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B50

secondary

#A8DBDF

accent

#DCEA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B50

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

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