#DC6255#DC6255

#DC6255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.156 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6255
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 46.83, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 56.09, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.1371 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.156 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5258, 24.6113, 11.4722)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6255 #55CFDC

analogous

#DC558B #DC6255 #DCA655

triadic

#DC6255 #55DC62 #6255DC

tetradic

#DC6255 #8BDC55 #55CFDC #A655DC

square

#DC6255 #8BDC55 #55CFDC #A655DC

split-complementary

#DC6255 #55DCA6 #558BDC

monochromatic

#972B1F #CA392A #DC6255 #E69188 #F1C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#DC6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#DC6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6255

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6255	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.156 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9285',
    500: '#dc6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6255;
$custom-light: #ed9285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64453,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6255

secondary

#ACDBE0

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6255

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

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