#DC5E5D#DC5E5D

#DC5E5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.159 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E5D
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 93)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 49.28, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 55.50, 27.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1461 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.159 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4968, 24.0158, 13.1201)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E5D #5DDBDC

analogous

#DC5D9C #DC5E5D #DC9E5D

triadic

#DC5E5D #5DDC5E #5E5DDC

tetradic

#DC5E5D #9CDC5D #5DDBDC #9E5DDC

square

#DC5E5D #9CDC5D #5DDBDC #9E5DDC

split-complementary

#DC5E5D #5DDC9E #5D9CDC

monochromatic

#9D2322 #CF2E2D #DC5E5D #E7908F #F2C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DC5E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DC5E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E5D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E5D	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)

#7D765C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C905A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.159 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed908b',
    500: '#dc5e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e5d;
$custom-light: #ed908b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.472,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6405,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E5D

secondary

#B3E2E2

accent

#CBCC19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E5D

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

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