#DC6142#DC6142

#DC6142 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.161 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6142
RGB	rgb(220, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 46.19, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 61.67, 41.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1317 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.161 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7767, 24.1629, 7.9858)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6142 #42BDDC

analogous

#DC4270 #DC6142 #DCAE42

triadic

#DC6142 #42DC61 #6142DC

tetradic

#DC6142 #70DC42 #42BDDC #AE42DC

square

#DC6142 #70DC42 #42BDDC #AE42DC

split-complementary

#DC6142 #42DCAE #4270DC

monochromatic

#8A301A #BE4223 #DC6142 #E68C76 #EFB7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DC6142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#DC6142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6142

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6142	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.161 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9177',
    500: '#dc6142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6142;
$custom-light: #ee9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.078,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64033,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6142

secondary

#9DD0DD

accent

#C8EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6142

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

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