#DC6561#DC6561

#DC6561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.150 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6561
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 46.25, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 52.57, 28.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.1372 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.15 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3295, 25.3904, 14.2946)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6561 #61D8DC

analogous

#DC619B #DC6561 #DCA261

triadic

#DC6561 #61DC65 #6561DC

tetradic

#DC6561 #9BDC61 #61D8DC #A261DC

square

#DC6561 #9BDC61 #61D8DC #A261DC

split-complementary

#DC6561 #61DCA2 #619BDC

monochromatic

#9F2723 #D1342F #DC6561 #E79693 #F2C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#DC6561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#DC6561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6561

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6561	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF5165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.150 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec948e',
    500: '#dc6561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6561;
$custom-light: #ec948e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.951,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65093,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6561

secondary

#B6E2E3

accent

#C6CC1A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6561

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

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