#DC6040#DC6040

#DC6040 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.163 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6040
RGB	rgb(220, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 46.57, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 62.50, 41.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.1325 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.163 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6269, 23.9561, 7.6501)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6040 #40BCDC

analogous

#DC406E #DC6040 #DCAE40

triadic

#DC6040 #40DC60 #6040DC

tetradic

#DC6040 #6EDC40 #40BCDC #AE40DC

square

#DC6040 #6EDC40 #40BCDC #AE40DC

split-complementary

#DC6040 #40DCAE #406EDC

monochromatic

#893019 #BC4223 #DC6040 #E58B74 #EFB6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DC6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#DC6040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6040

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6040	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.163 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9176',
    500: '#dc6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6040;
$custom-light: #ee9176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.308,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.16285,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6040

secondary

#9BCFDC

accent

#C8EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6040

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →