#DC6257#DC6257

#DC6257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.155 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6257
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 46.96, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 55.61, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.1379 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.155 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6063, 24.6435, 11.8966)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6257 #57D1DC

analogous

#DC578F #DC6257 #DCA457

triadic

#DC6257 #57DC62 #6257DC

tetradic

#DC6257 #8FDC57 #57D1DC #A457DC

square

#DC6257 #8FDC57 #57D1DC #A457DC

split-complementary

#DC6257 #57DCA4 #578FDC

monochromatic

#992A20 #CB382A #DC6257 #E7918A #F1C1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#DC6257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#DC6257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6257

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6257	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.155 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9286',
    500: '#dc6257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6257;
$custom-light: #ed9286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.962,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64488,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6257

secondary

#AEDDE1

accent

#BECD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6257

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

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