#DC5F53#DC5F53

#DC5F53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.159 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5F53
RGB	rgb(220, 95, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 48.12, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 57.39, 33.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1408 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.159 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1720, 24.0290, 10.9679)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5F53 #53D0DC

analogous

#DC538C #DC5F53 #DCA353

triadic

#DC5F53 #53DC5F #5F53DC

tetradic

#DC5F53 #8CDC53 #53D0DC #A353DC

square

#DC5F53 #8CDC53 #53D0DC #A353DC

split-complementary

#DC5F53 #53DCA3 #538CDC

monochromatic

#96291F #C93729 #DC5F53 #E68E86 #F1BEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DC5F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DC5F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5F53

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5F53	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)

#7F7651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 95, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.159 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9083',
    500: '#dc5f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5f53;
$custom-light: #ed9083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.255,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64006,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5F53

secondary

#ABDBE0

accent

#DAE93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5F53

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

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