#DC5C56#DC5C56

#DC5C56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.162 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C56
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 49.72, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 57.53, 30.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1463 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.162 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0253, 23.5463, 11.5028)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C56 #56D6DC

analogous

#DC5693 #DC5C56 #DC9F56

triadic

#DC5C56 #56DC5C #5C56DC

tetradic

#DC5C56 #93DC56 #56D6DC #9F56DC

square

#DC5C56 #93DC56 #56D6DC #9F56DC

split-complementary

#DC5C56 #56DC9F #5693DC

monochromatic

#982520 #CB312A #DC5C56 #E68D89 #F1BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DC5C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#DC5C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C56

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C56	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)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.162 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f85',
    500: '#dc5c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c56;
$custom-light: #ed8f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63655,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C56

secondary

#ADDEE1

accent

#E1E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C56

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

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