#DC5E59#DC5E59

#DC5E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.159 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E59
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 48.99, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 56.30, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1445 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.159 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3242, 23.9468, 12.2113)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E59 #59D7DC

analogous

#DC5995 #DC5E59 #DC9F59

triadic

#DC5E59 #59DC5E #5E59DC

tetradic

#DC5E59 #95DC59 #59D7DC #9F59DC

square

#DC5E59 #95DC59 #59D7DC #9F59DC

split-complementary

#DC5E59 #59DC9F #5995DC

monochromatic

#9A2520 #CD312B #DC5E59 #E78F8C #F1C0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DC5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#DC5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E59

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E59	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.159 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9088',
    500: '#dc5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e59;
$custom-light: #ed9088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.29,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E59

secondary

#AFDFE1

accent

#C6CD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E59

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

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