#DC5B53#DC5B53

#DC5B53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.164 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B53
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 49.98, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 58.49, 31.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1466 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.164 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8209, 23.3268, 10.8508)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B53 #53D4DC

analogous

#DC538F #DC5B53 #DCA053

triadic

#DC5B53 #53DC5B #5B53DC

tetradic

#DC5B53 #8FDC53 #53D4DC #A053DC

square

#DC5B53 #8FDC53 #53D4DC #A053DC

split-complementary

#DC5B53 #53DCA0 #538FDC

monochromatic

#96261F #C93229 #DC5B53 #E68B86 #F1BCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC5B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC5B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B53

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B53	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)

#7C7351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.164 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e83',
    500: '#dc5b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b53;
$custom-light: #ed8e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.504,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63471,
    "c": 0.16355,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B53

secondary

#ABDDE0

accent

#DFE93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B53

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

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