#DC6251#DC6251

#DC6251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.157 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6251
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 46.57, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 57.11, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.1356 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.157 30)
XYZ	xyz(35.3713, 24.5495, 10.6589)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6251 #51CBDC

analogous

#DC5186 #DC6251 #DCA851

triadic

#DC6251 #51DC62 #6251DC

tetradic

#DC6251 #86DC51 #51CBDC #A851DC

square

#DC6251 #86DC51 #51CBDC #A851DC

split-complementary

#DC6251 #51DCA8 #5186DC

monochromatic

#952C1E #C83C28 #DC6251 #E69084 #F0BEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#DC6251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#DC6251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6251

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6251	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.157 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9282',
    500: '#dc6251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6251;
$custom-light: #ed9282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.338,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64388,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.24545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6251

secondary

#A9D9E0

accent

#D5E93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6251

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

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