#DC6042#DC6042

#DC6042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.162 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DC6042
RGBrgb(220, 96, 66)
HSLhsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(12, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56.4%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(56.07, 46.67, 40.64)
CIE-LCHlch(56.07, 61.89, 41.05°)
OKLaboklab(63.89% 0.1332 0.0928)
OKLCHoklch(63.89% 0.162 34.9)
XYZxyz(34.6849, 23.9793, 7.9552)
Luminance0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DC6042 #42BEDC
analogous
#DC4271 #DC6042 #DCAD42
triadic
#DC6042 #42DC60 #6042DC
tetradic
#DC6042 #71DC42 #42BEDC #AD42DC
square
#DC6042 #71DC42 #42BEDC #AD42DC
split-complementary
#DC6042 #42DCAD #4271DC
monochromatic
#8A2F1A #BE4123 #DC6042 #E68B76 #EFB7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62
#DC6042 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80
#DC6042 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6042
5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DC6042#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DC60421.003.625.805.80
#FFFFFF3.621.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8021.001.001.00
##0000005.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#81753E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0913F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F14659
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dc6042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.162 34.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9177',
    500: '#dc6042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dc6042;
$custom-light: #ee9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dc6042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.688,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63894,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DC6042
secondary
#9DD0DD
accent
#C9EC3C
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1ED
border
#D7CBC8
text
#180D09
muted
#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6042

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#DC6042 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva