#DC5E55#DC5E55

#DC5E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.160 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E55
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 48.72, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 57.19, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.143 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.16 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1608, 23.8814, 11.3506)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E55 #55D3DC

analogous

#DC5590 #DC5E55 #DCA255

triadic

#DC5E55 #55DC5E #5E55DC

tetradic

#DC5E55 #90DC55 #55D3DC #A255DC

square

#DC5E55 #90DC55 #55D3DC #A255DC

split-complementary

#DC5E55 #55DCA2 #5590DC

monochromatic

#97271F #CA342A #DC5E55 #E68E88 #F1BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DC5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DC5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E55

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E55	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.160 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9085',
    500: '#dc5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e55;
$custom-light: #ed9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63905,
    "c": 0.15998,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E55

secondary

#ACDDE0

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E55

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

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