#DC6555#DC6555

#DC6555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.153 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6555
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 45.38, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 55.29, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.1326 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.153 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8117, 25.1833, 11.5676)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6555 #55CCDC

analogous

#DC5589 #DC6555 #DCA955

triadic

#DC6555 #55DC65 #6555DC

tetradic

#DC6555 #89DC55 #55CCDC #A955DC

square

#DC6555 #89DC55 #55CCDC #A955DC

split-complementary

#DC6555 #55DCA9 #5589DC

monochromatic

#972D1F #CA3D2A #DC6555 #E69388 #F1C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#DC6555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#DC6555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6555

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6555	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.153 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9485',
    500: '#dc6555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6555;
$custom-light: #ed9485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64877,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6555

secondary

#ACDAE0

accent

#D5E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6555

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

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