#DC6261#DC6261

#DC6261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.154 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6261
RGB	rgb(220, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 47.69, 24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 53.51, 26.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.1417 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.154 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0435, 24.8184, 14.1993)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6261 #61DBDC

analogous

#DC619D #DC6261 #DCA061

triadic

#DC6261 #61DC62 #6261DC

tetradic

#DC6261 #9DDC61 #61DBDC #A061DC

square

#DC6261 #9DDC61 #61DBDC #A061DC

split-complementary

#DC6261 #61DCA0 #619DDC

monochromatic

#9F2423 #D1302F #DC6261 #E79493 #F2C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#DC6261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#DC6261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6261

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6261	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.154 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec928e',
    500: '#dc6261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6261;
$custom-light: #ec928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.488,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64673,
    "c": 0.15372,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6261

secondary

#B6E3E3

accent

#CACC1A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6261

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

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