#DC5E50#DC5E50

#DC5E50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.161 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E50
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 48.40, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 58.41, 34.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1411 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.161 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9691, 23.8047, 10.3412)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E50 #50CEDC

analogous

#DC5088 #DC5E50 #DCA450

triadic

#DC5E50 #50DC5E #5E50DC

tetradic

#DC5E50 #88DC50 #50CEDC #A450DC

square

#DC5E50 #88DC50 #50CEDC #A450DC

split-complementary

#DC5E50 #50DCA4 #5088DC

monochromatic

#94291E #C73828 #DC5E50 #E68D83 #F0BCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DC5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#DC5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E50

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E50	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.161 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9081',
    500: '#dc5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e50;
$custom-light: #ed9081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63822,
    "c": 0.16093,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E50

secondary

#A8DADF

accent

#D8EA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E50

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

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