#DC5B56#DC5B56

#DC5B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.163 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B56
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 50.18, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 57.82, 29.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1477 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.163 25)
XYZ	xyz(34.9392, 23.3742, 11.4741)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B56 #56D7DC

analogous

#DC5694 #DC5B56 #DC9E56

triadic

#DC5B56 #56DC5B #5B56DC

tetradic

#DC5B56 #94DC56 #56D7DC #9E56DC

square

#DC5B56 #94DC56 #56D7DC #9E56DC

split-complementary

#DC5B56 #56DC9E #5694DC

monochromatic

#982420 #CB302A #DC5B56 #E68C89 #F1BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DC5B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DC5B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B56

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B56	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.163 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e85',
    500: '#dc5b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b56;
$custom-light: #ed8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.239,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63523,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.2337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B56

secondary

#ADDFE1

accent

#E2E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B56

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

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