#DC6842#DC6842

#DC6842 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.155 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6842
RGB	rgb(220, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 42.79, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 60.21, 44.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.1212 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.155 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4522, 25.5140, 8.2110)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6842 #42B6DC

analogous

#DC4269 #DC6842 #DCB542

triadic

#DC6842 #42DC68 #6842DC

tetradic

#DC6842 #69DC42 #42B6DC #B542DC

square

#DC6842 #69DC42 #42B6DC #B542DC

split-complementary

#DC6842 #42DCB5 #4269DC

monochromatic

#8A351A #BE4923 #DC6842 #E69176 #EFBBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#DC6842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#DC6842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6842

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6842	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.155 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9678',
    500: '#dc6842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6842;
$custom-light: #ee9678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.805,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65038,
    "c": 0.15493,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6842

secondary

#9DCDDD

accent

#C0EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6842

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

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