#DC5E5C#DC5E5C

#DC5E5C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.159 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E5C
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 92)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 49.21, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 55.69, 27.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1457 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.159 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4528, 23.9982, 12.8883)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E5C #5CDADC

analogous

#DC5C9A #DC5E5C #DC9E5C

triadic

#DC5E5C #5CDC5E #5E5CDC

tetradic

#DC5E5C #9ADC5C #5CDADC #9E5CDC

square

#DC5E5C #9ADC5C #5CDADC #9E5CDC

split-complementary

#DC5E5C #5CDC9E #5C9ADC

monochromatic

#9C2322 #CE2F2C #DC5E5C #E7908E #F2C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DC5E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DC5E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E5C

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E5C	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)

#7D765B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.159 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed908a',
    500: '#dc5e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e5c;
$custom-light: #ed908a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.938,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64031,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E5C

secondary

#B2E1E2

accent

#CACC19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E5C

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

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