#DC5F55#DC5F55

#DC5F55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.159 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5F55
RGB	rgb(220, 95, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 48.25, 30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 56.91, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1415 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.159 27)
XYZ	xyz(35.2503, 24.0604, 11.3804)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5F55 #55D2DC

analogous

#DC558F #DC5F55 #DCA255

triadic

#DC5F55 #55DC5F #5F55DC

tetradic

#DC5F55 #8FDC55 #55D2DC #A255DC

square

#DC5F55 #8FDC55 #55D2DC #A255DC

split-complementary

#DC5F55 #55DCA2 #558FDC

monochromatic

#97281F #CA362A #DC5F55 #E68F88 #F1BFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DC5F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DC5F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5F55

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5F55	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)

#7F7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 95, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.159 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9085',
    500: '#dc5f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5f55;
$custom-light: #ed9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6404,
    "c": 0.1589,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.24056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5F55

secondary

#ACDDE0

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5F55

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

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