#DC5C5E#DC5C5E

#DC5C5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.161 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5C5E
RGB	rgb(220, 92, 94)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 50.28, 24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 55.94, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1494 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.161 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3658, 23.6825, 13.2963)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5C5E #5CDCDA

analogous

#DC5C9E #DC5C5E #DC9A5C

triadic

#DC5C5E #5EDC5C #5C5EDC

tetradic

#DC5C5E #9EDC5C #5CDCDA #9A5CDC

square

#DC5C5E #9EDC5C #5CDCDA #9A5CDC

split-complementary

#DC5C5E #5CDC9A #5C9EDC

monochromatic

#9C2223 #CE2C2F #DC5C5E #E78E90 #F2C1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#DC5C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#DC5C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5C5E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5C5E	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B755D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 92, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.161 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f8b',
    500: '#dc5c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5c5e;
$custom-light: #ed8f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.16097,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5C5E

secondary

#B2E2E1

accent

#CCCA19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5C5E

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

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