#DC6551#DC6551

#DC6551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.153 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6551
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 45.12, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 56.35, 36.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.1311 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.153 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6573, 25.1215, 10.7542)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6551 #51C8DC

analogous

#DC5183 #DC6551 #DCAB51

triadic

#DC6551 #51DC65 #6551DC

tetradic

#DC6551 #83DC51 #51C8DC #AB51DC

square

#DC6551 #83DC51 #51C8DC #AB51DC

split-complementary

#DC6551 #51DCAB #5183DC

monochromatic

#952F1E #C83F28 #DC6551 #E69284 #F0BFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#DC6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#DC6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6551

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6551	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84794F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.153 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9482',
    500: '#dc6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6551;
$custom-light: #ed9482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.633,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64812,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6551

secondary

#A9D8E0

accent

#D1E93E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6551

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

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