#DC5D51#DC5D51

#DC5D51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.162 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5D51
RGB	rgb(220, 93, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 48.93, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 58.43, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.143 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.162 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9180, 23.6429, 10.5078)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5D51 #51D0DC

analogous

#DC518B #DC5D51 #DCA351

triadic

#DC5D51 #51DC5D #5D51DC

tetradic

#DC5D51 #8BDC51 #51D0DC #A351DC

square

#DC5D51 #8BDC51 #51D0DC #A351DC

split-complementary

#DC5D51 #51DCA3 #518BDC

monochromatic

#95281E #C83628 #DC5D51 #E68C84 #F0BCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DC5D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#DC5D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5D51

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5D51	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 93, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.162 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f82',
    500: '#dc5d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5d51;
$custom-light: #ed8f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.18,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63703,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5D51

secondary

#A9DBE0

accent

#DBE93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5D51

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

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