#DC6557#DC6557

#DC6557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.152 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6557
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 87)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 45.52, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 54.78, 33.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.1333 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.152 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8923, 25.2155, 11.9919)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6557 #57CEDC

analogous

#DC578B #DC6557 #DCA857

triadic

#DC6557 #57DC65 #6557DC

tetradic

#DC6557 #8BDC57 #57CEDC #A857DC

square

#DC6557 #8BDC57 #57CEDC #A857DC

split-complementary

#DC6557 #57DCA8 #578BDC

monochromatic

#992D20 #CB3B2A #DC6557 #E7938A #F1C2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#DC6557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#DC6557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6557

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6557	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)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.152 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9486',
    500: '#dc6557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6557;
$custom-light: #ed9486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6491,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6557

secondary

#AEDCE1

accent

#BACD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6557

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

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