#DC5C50#DC5C50

#DC5C50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.163 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C50
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 49.33, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 58.94, 33.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.144 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.163 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7936, 23.4536, 10.2827)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C50 #50D0DC

analogous

#DC508A #DC5C50 #DCA250

triadic

#DC5C50 #50DC5C #5C50DC

tetradic

#DC5C50 #8ADC50 #50D0DC #A250DC

square

#DC5C50 #8ADC50 #50D0DC #A250DC

split-complementary

#DC5C50 #50DCA2 #508ADC

monochromatic

#94281E #C73528 #DC5C50 #E68C83 #F0BBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DC5C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DC5C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C50

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C50	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)

#7D744E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.163 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e81',
    500: '#dc5c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c50;
$custom-light: #ed8e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.16303,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C50

secondary

#A8DBDF

accent

#DBEA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C50

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

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