#DC5B5A#DC5B5A

#DC5B5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.163 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B5A
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 90)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 50.45, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 56.99, 27.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.1493 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.163 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1049, 23.4405, 12.3467)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B5A #5ADBDC

analogous

#DC5A9A #DC5B5A #DC9C5A

triadic

#DC5B5A #5ADC5B #5B5ADC

tetradic

#DC5B5A #9ADC5A #5ADBDC #9C5ADC

square

#DC5B5A #9ADC5A #5ADBDC #9C5ADC

split-complementary

#DC5B5A #5ADC9C #5A9ADC

monochromatic

#9B2221 #CD2D2C #DC5B5A #E78D8C #F1BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DC5B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DC5B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B5A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B5A	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.163 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e88',
    500: '#dc5b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b5a;
$custom-light: #ed8e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B5A

secondary

#B0E1E2

accent

#CBCD19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B5A

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

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