#DC5E5E#DC5E5E

#DC5E5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.159 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E5E
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 49.35, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 55.31, 26.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1465 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.159 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5414, 24.0336, 13.3548)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E5E #5EDCDC

analogous

#DC5E9D #DC5E5E #DC9D5E

triadic

#DC5E5E #5EDC5E #5E5EDC

tetradic

#DC5E5E #9DDC5E #5EDCDC #9D5EDC

square

#DC5E5E #9DDC5E #5EDCDC #9D5EDC

split-complementary

#DC5E5E #5EDC9D #5E9DDC

monochromatic

#9D2222 #D02D2D #DC5E5E #E79090 #F2C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DC5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DC5E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E5E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E5E	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D765D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C915B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.159 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed908b',
    500: '#dc5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e5e;
$custom-light: #ed908b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64069,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E5E

secondary

#B3E2E2

accent

#CCCC19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E5E

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

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