#DC5B65#DC5B65

#DC5B65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.162 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B65
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 51.28, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 55.18, 21.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1535 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.162 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6082, 23.6418, 14.9976)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B65 #5BDCD2

analogous

#DC5BA5 #DC5B65 #DC915B

triadic

#DC5B65 #65DC5B #5B65DC

tetradic

#DC5B65 #A5DC5B #5BDCD2 #915BDC

square

#DC5B65 #A5DC5B #5BDCD2 #915BDC

split-complementary

#DC5B65 #5BDC91 #5BA5DC

monochromatic

#9B212B #CE2C38 #DC5B65 #E78D94 #F2C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DC5B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#DC5B65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B65

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B65	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.162 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8e90',
    500: '#dc5b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b65;
$custom-light: #ec8e90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.349,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63816,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B65

secondary

#B1E2DE

accent

#CDBF19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B65

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

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