#DC6161#DC6161

#DC6161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.155 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6161
RGB	rgb(220, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 48.17, 24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 53.83, 26.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.1432 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.155 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9506, 24.6324, 14.1683)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6161 #61DCDC

analogous

#DC619F #DC6161 #DC9F61

triadic

#DC6161 #61DC61 #6161DC

tetradic

#DC6161 #9FDC61 #61DCDC #9F61DC

square

#DC6161 #9FDC61 #61DCDC #9F61DC

split-complementary

#DC6161 #61DC9F #619FDC

monochromatic

#9F2323 #D12F2F #DC6161 #E79393 #F2C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#DC6161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#DC6161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6161

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6161	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D925E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.155 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec928e',
    500: '#dc6161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6161;
$custom-light: #ec928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.15488,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6161

secondary

#B6E3E3

accent

#CCCC1A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6161

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

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