#DC6256#DC6256

#DC6256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.155 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6256
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 46.90, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 55.85, 32.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1375 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.155 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5658, 24.6273, 11.6829)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6256 #56D0DC

analogous

#DC568D #DC6256 #DCA556

triadic

#DC6256 #56DC62 #6256DC

tetradic

#DC6256 #8DDC56 #56D0DC #A556DC

square

#DC6256 #8DDC56 #56D0DC #A556DC

split-complementary

#DC6256 #56DCA5 #568DDC

monochromatic

#982A20 #CB382A #DC6256 #E69189 #F1C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#DC6256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#DC6256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6256

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6256	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	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)

#817854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.155 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9286',
    500: '#dc6256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6256;
$custom-light: #ed9286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64471,
    "c": 0.15548,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6256

secondary

#ADDCE1

accent

#D9E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6256

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

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