#DC5E5B#DC5E5B

#DC5E5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.159 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E5B
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 49.13, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 55.89, 28.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1453 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.159 24)
XYZ	xyz(35.4093, 23.9808, 12.6596)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E5B #5BD9DC

analogous

#DC5B98 #DC5E5B #DC9E5B

triadic

#DC5E5B #5BDC5E #5E5BDC

tetradic

#DC5E5B #98DC5B #5BD9DC #9E5BDC

square

#DC5E5B #98DC5B #5BD9DC #9E5BDC

split-complementary

#DC5E5B #5BDC9E #5B98DC

monochromatic

#9B2421 #CE302C #DC5E5B #E7908D #F2C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DC5E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DC5E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E5B

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E5B	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D765A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.159 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9089',
    500: '#dc5e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e5b;
$custom-light: #ed9089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.395,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64012,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.23976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E5B

secondary

#B1E1E2

accent

#C8CD19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E5B

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

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