#DC5E57#DC5E57

#DC5E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.160 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E57
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 48.85, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 56.74, 30.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1438 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.16 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2414, 23.9136, 11.7750)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E57 #57D5DC

analogous

#DC5792 #DC5E57 #DCA157

triadic

#DC5E57 #57DC5E #5E57DC

tetradic

#DC5E57 #92DC57 #57D5DC #A157DC

square

#DC5E57 #92DC57 #57D5DC #A157DC

split-complementary

#DC5E57 #57DCA1 #5792DC

monochromatic

#992620 #CB332A #DC5E57 #E78F8A #F1BFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DC5E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DC5E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E57

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E57	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#7E7556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.160 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9086',
    500: '#dc5e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e57;
$custom-light: #ed9086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6394,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E57

secondary

#AEDEE1

accent

#C4CD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E57

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

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