#DC6240#DC6240

#DC6240 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.161 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6240
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 45.62, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 62.07, 42.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.1296 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.161 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8117, 24.3257, 7.7117)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6240 #40BADC

analogous

#DC406C #DC6240 #DCB040

triadic

#DC6240 #40DC62 #6240DC

tetradic

#DC6240 #6CDC40 #40BADC #B040DC

square

#DC6240 #6CDC40 #40BADC #B040DC

split-complementary

#DC6240 #40DCB0 #406CDC

monochromatic

#893119 #BC4423 #DC6240 #E58D74 #EFB7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#DC6240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#DC6240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6240

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6240	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.161 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9276',
    500: '#dc6240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6240;
$custom-light: #ee9276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.077,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64149,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6240

secondary

#9BCEDC

accent

#C6EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6240

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

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