#DF5656#DF5656

#DF5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.172 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5656
RGB	rgb(223, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 53.45, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 60.51, 27.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1577 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.172 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4423, 23.0201, 11.3793)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5656 #56DFDF

analogous

#DF569A #DF5656 #DF9A56

triadic

#DF5656 #56DF56 #5656DF

tetradic

#DF5656 #9ADF56 #56DFDF #9A56DF

square

#DF5656 #9ADF56 #56DFDF #9A56DF

split-complementary

#DF5656 #56DF9A #569ADF

monochromatic

#9D1E1E #D02727 #DF5656 #E98989 #F2BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DF5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DF5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5656

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5656	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.172 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b85',
    500: '#df5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5656;
$custom-light: #f08b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5656

secondary

#AEE2E2

accent

#D0D015

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5656

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

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