#DC5C59#DC5C59

#DC5C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.162 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C59
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 49.92, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 56.89, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1474 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.162 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1487, 23.5957, 12.1528)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C59 #59D9DC

analogous

#DC5997 #DC5C59 #DC9D59

triadic

#DC5C59 #59DC5C #5C59DC

tetradic

#DC5C59 #97DC59 #59D9DC #9D59DC

square

#DC5C59 #97DC59 #59D9DC #9D59DC

split-complementary

#DC5C59 #59DC9D #5997DC

monochromatic

#9A2320 #CD2F2B #DC5C59 #E78E8C #F1BFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DC5C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DC5C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C59

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C59	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.162 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f88',
    500: '#dc5c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c59;
$custom-light: #ed8f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.374,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63709,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C59

secondary

#AFE0E1

accent

#C9CD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C59

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

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