#DC5B51#DC5B51

#DC5B51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.164 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B51
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 49.85, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 58.97, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1458 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.164 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7448, 23.2964, 10.4500)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B51 #51D2DC

analogous

#DC518D #DC5B51 #DCA151

triadic

#DC5B51 #51DC5B #5B51DC

tetradic

#DC5B51 #8DDC51 #51D2DC #A151DC

square

#DC5B51 #8DDC51 #51D2DC #A151DC

split-complementary

#DC5B51 #51DCA1 #518DDC

monochromatic

#95261E #C83428 #DC5B51 #E68B84 #F0BBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC5B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC5B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B51

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B51	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)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.164 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e82',
    500: '#dc5b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b51;
$custom-light: #ed8e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B51

secondary

#A9DCE0

accent

#DDE93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B51

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

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