#DC5E51#DC5E51

#DC5E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.161 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E51
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 48.46, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 58.16, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.1415 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.161 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0064, 23.8196, 10.5372)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E51 #51CFDC

analogous

#DC518A #DC5E51 #DCA451

triadic

#DC5E51 #51DC5E #5E51DC

tetradic

#DC5E51 #8ADC51 #51CFDC #A451DC

square

#DC5E51 #8ADC51 #51CFDC #A451DC

split-complementary

#DC5E51 #51DCA4 #518ADC

monochromatic

#95291E #C83728 #DC5E51 #E68D84 #F0BCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DC5E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#DC5E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E51

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E51	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.161 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9082',
    500: '#dc5e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e51;
$custom-light: #ed9082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.612,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63838,
    "c": 0.16073,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E51

secondary

#A9DBE0

accent

#D9E93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E51

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

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