#DC6541#DC6541

#DC6541 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.158 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6541
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 65)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 44.22, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 61.13, 43.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1254 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.158 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1264, 24.9091, 7.9582)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6541 #41B8DC

analogous

#DC416B #DC6541 #DCB241

triadic

#DC6541 #41DC65 #6541DC

tetradic

#DC6541 #6BDC41 #41B8DC #B241DC

square

#DC6541 #6BDC41 #41B8DC #B241DC

split-complementary

#DC6541 #41DCB2 #416BDC

monochromatic

#893319 #BD4723 #DC6541 #E68F75 #EFB9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#DC6541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#DC6541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6541

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6541	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)

#85793D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.158 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9477',
    500: '#dc6541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6541;
$custom-light: #ee9477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.935,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64588,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6541

secondary

#9CCEDD

accent

#C3EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6541

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

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