#DC5C55#DC5C55

#DC5C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.162 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C55
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 49.65, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 57.76, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.1459 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.162 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9853, 23.5303, 11.2921)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C55 #55D5DC

analogous

#DC5592 #DC5C55 #DC9F55

triadic

#DC5C55 #55DC5C #5C55DC

tetradic

#DC5C55 #92DC55 #55D5DC #9F55DC

square

#DC5C55 #92DC55 #55D5DC #9F55DC

split-complementary

#DC5C55 #55DC9F #5592DC

monochromatic

#97251F #CA322A #DC5C55 #E68D88 #F1BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DC5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#DC5C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C55

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C55	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.162 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f85',
    500: '#dc5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c55;
$custom-light: #ed8f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63637,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C55

secondary

#ACDEE0

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C55

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

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