#DC6243#DC6243

#DC6243 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.160 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6243
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 45.77, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 61.14, 41.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1306 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.16 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8994, 24.3607, 8.1734)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6243 #43BDDC

analogous

#DC4371 #DC6243 #DCAF43

triadic

#DC6243 #43DC62 #6243DC

tetradic

#DC6243 #71DC43 #43BDDC #AF43DC

square

#DC6243 #71DC43 #43BDDC #AF43DC

split-complementary

#DC6243 #43DCAF #4371DC

monochromatic

#8B311A #BE4323 #DC6243 #E68D77 #EFB8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#DC6243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#DC6243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6243

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6243	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)

#83773F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1495B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.160 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9278',
    500: '#dc6243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6243;
$custom-light: #ee9278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.157,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6243

secondary

#9ED0DD

accent

#C8EB3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6243

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

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