#DC6540#DC6540

#DC6540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.158 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6540
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 44.17, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 61.45, 44.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1251 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.158 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0977, 24.8976, 7.8070)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6540 #40B7DC

analogous

#DC4069 #DC6540 #DCB340

triadic

#DC6540 #40DC65 #6540DC

tetradic

#DC6540 #69DC40 #40B7DC #B340DC

square

#DC6540 #69DC40 #40B7DC #B340DC

split-complementary

#DC6540 #40DCB3 #4069DC

monochromatic

#893319 #BC4723 #DC6540 #E58F74 #EFB8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#DC6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#DC6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6540

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6540	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.158 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9476',
    500: '#dc6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6540;
$custom-light: #ee9476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.231,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64576,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6540

secondary

#9BCDDC

accent

#C2EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6540

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

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