#DC5C53#DC5C53

#DC5C53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.162 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C53
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 49.52, 30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 58.22, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.1452 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.162 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9069, 23.4990, 10.8795)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C53 #53D3DC

analogous

#DC538E #DC5C53 #DCA153

triadic

#DC5C53 #53DC5C #5C53DC

tetradic

#DC5C53 #8EDC53 #53D3DC #A153DC

square

#DC5C53 #8EDC53 #53D3DC #A153DC

split-complementary

#DC5C53 #53DCA1 #538EDC

monochromatic

#96261F #C93329 #DC5C53 #E68C86 #F1BCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DC5C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#DC5C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C53

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C53	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.162 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f83',
    500: '#dc5c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c53;
$custom-light: #ed8f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63603,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C53

secondary

#ABDDE0

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C53

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

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