#DC6242#DC6242

#DC6242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.160 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6242
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 45.72, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 61.45, 41.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1302 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.16 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8697, 24.3489, 8.0168)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6242 #42BCDC

analogous

#DC426F #DC6242 #DCAF42

triadic

#DC6242 #42DC62 #6242DC

tetradic

#DC6242 #6FDC42 #42BCDC #AF42DC

square

#DC6242 #6FDC42 #42BCDC #AF42DC

split-complementary

#DC6242 #42DCAF #426FDC

monochromatic

#8A311A #BE4323 #DC6242 #E68D76 #EFB8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#DC6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#DC6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6242

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6242	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.160 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9277',
    500: '#dc6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6242;
$custom-light: #ee9277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.468,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64174,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6242

secondary

#9DCFDD

accent

#C7EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6242

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

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