#DC5E72#DC5E72

#DC5E72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.158 H 12.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E72
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(350, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 51.01, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 52.86, 15.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1542 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.158 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5579, 24.4402, 18.7086)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E72 #5EDCC8

analogous

#DC5EB1 #DC5E72 #DC895E

triadic

#DC5E72 #72DC5E #5E72DC

tetradic

#DC5E72 #B1DC5E #5EDCC8 #895EDC

square

#DC5E72 #B1DC5E #5EDCC8 #895EDC

split-complementary

#DC5E72 #5EDC89 #5EB1DC

monochromatic

#9D2236 #D02D47 #DC5E72 #E7909E #F2C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DC5E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#DC5E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E72

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E72	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A916F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.158 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec909a',
    500: '#dc5e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e72;
$custom-light: #ec909a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.476,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64506,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E72

secondary

#B3E2DB

accent

#CCB019

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FEF1F2

border

#D6CBCC

text

#170D0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E72

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

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