#DC6565#DC6565

#DC6565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.150 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6565
RGB	rgb(220, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 46.57, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 51.85, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1388 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.15 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5208, 25.4669, 15.3018)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6565 #65DCDC

analogous

#DC65A0 #DC6565 #DCA065

triadic

#DC6565 #65DC65 #6565DC

tetradic

#DC6565 #A0DC65 #65DCDC #A065DC

square

#DC6565 #A0DC65 #65DCDC #A065DC

split-complementary

#DC6565 #65DCA0 #65A0DC

monochromatic

#A22525 #D13333 #DC6565 #E79797 #F3C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#DC6565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#DC6565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6565

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6565	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817B64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF5266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.150 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9490',
    500: '#dc6565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6565;
$custom-light: #ec9490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65173,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6565

secondary

#B9E4E4

accent

#CBCB1B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FEF2F0

border

#D6CCCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6565

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

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