#DC5F56#DC5F56

#DC5F56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.159 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5F56
RGB	rgb(220, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 48.32, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 56.68, 31.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.1419 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.159 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2903, 24.0764, 11.5911)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5F56 #56D3DC

analogous

#DC5690 #DC5F56 #DCA256

triadic

#DC5F56 #56DC5F #5F56DC

tetradic

#DC5F56 #90DC56 #56D3DC #A256DC

square

#DC5F56 #90DC56 #56D3DC #A256DC

split-complementary

#DC5F56 #56DCA2 #5690DC

monochromatic

#982820 #CB352A #DC5F56 #E68F89 #F1BFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DC5F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DC5F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5F56

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5F56	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)

#7E7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.159 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9086',
    500: '#dc5f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5f56;
$custom-light: #ed9086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.03,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64058,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5F56

secondary

#ADDDE1

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5F56

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

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