#DC6556#DC6556

#DC6556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.152 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6556
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 45.45, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 55.03, 34.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.133 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.152 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8517, 25.1993, 11.7783)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6556 #56CDDC

analogous

#DC568A #DC6556 #DCA856

triadic

#DC6556 #56DC65 #6556DC

tetradic

#DC6556 #8ADC56 #56CDDC #A856DC

square

#DC6556 #8ADC56 #56CDDC #A856DC

split-complementary

#DC6556 #56DCA8 #568ADC

monochromatic

#982D20 #CB3C2A #DC6556 #E69389 #F1C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#DC6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#DC6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6556

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6556	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)

#837A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.152 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9486',
    500: '#dc6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6556;
$custom-light: #ed9486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.716,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64893,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6556

secondary

#ADDBE1

accent

#D6E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6556

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

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