#DC5E60#DC5E60

#DC5E60 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.158 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E60
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 96)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 49.50, 23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 54.96, 25.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1472 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.158 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6323, 24.0700, 13.8336)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E60 #5EDCDA

analogous

#DC5E9F #DC5E60 #DC9B5E

triadic

#DC5E60 #60DC5E #5E60DC

tetradic

#DC5E60 #9FDC5E #5EDCDA #9B5EDC

square

#DC5E60 #9FDC5E #5EDCDA #9B5EDC

split-complementary

#DC5E60 #5EDC9B #5E9FDC

monochromatic

#9D2224 #D02D30 #DC5E60 #E79092 #F2C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DC5E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DC5E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E60

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E60	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#7C765F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C915D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.158 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed908d',
    500: '#dc5e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e60;
$custom-light: #ed908d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64109,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E60

secondary

#B3E2E2

accent

#CCC919

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E60

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

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