#DC5D59#DC5D59

#DC5D59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.160 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5D59
RGB	rgb(220, 93, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 49.46, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 56.60, 29.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.146 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.16 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2359, 23.7701, 12.1818)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5D59 #59D8DC

analogous

#DC5996 #DC5D59 #DC9E59

triadic

#DC5D59 #59DC5D #5D59DC

tetradic

#DC5D59 #96DC59 #59D8DC #9E59DC

square

#DC5D59 #96DC59 #59D8DC #9E59DC

split-complementary

#DC5D59 #59DC9E #5996DC

monochromatic

#9A2420 #CD302B #DC5D59 #E78E8C #F1C0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DC5D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DC5D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5D59

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5D59	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 93, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.160 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f88',
    500: '#dc5d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5d59;
$custom-light: #ed8f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.832,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5D59

secondary

#AFE0E1

accent

#C7CD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5D59

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

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