#DC5E53#DC5E53

#DC5E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.160 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E53
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 48.59, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 57.67, 32.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.1422 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.16 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0825, 23.8501, 10.9380)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E53 #53D1DC

analogous

#DC538C #DC5E53 #DCA353

triadic

#DC5E53 #53DC5E #5E53DC

tetradic

#DC5E53 #8CDC53 #53D1DC #A353DC

square

#DC5E53 #8CDC53 #53D1DC #A353DC

split-complementary

#DC5E53 #53DCA3 #538CDC

monochromatic

#96281F #C93629 #DC5E53 #E68E86 #F1BDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DC5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#DC5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E53

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E53	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.160 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9083',
    500: '#dc5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e53;
$custom-light: #ed9083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.818,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63871,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E53

secondary

#ABDCE0

accent

#DBE93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E53

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

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