#DC6856#DC6856

#DC6856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.149 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6856
RGB	rgb(220, 104, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 43.99, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 54.25, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.1284 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.149 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1484, 25.7925, 11.8771)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6856 #56CADC

analogous

#DC5687 #DC6856 #DCAB56

triadic

#DC6856 #56DC68 #6856DC

tetradic

#DC6856 #87DC56 #56CADC #AB56DC

square

#DC6856 #87DC56 #56CADC #AB56DC

split-complementary

#DC6856 #56DCAB #5687DC

monochromatic

#983020 #CB402A #DC6856 #E69589 #F1C3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#DC6856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#DC6856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6856

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6856	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 104, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.149 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9686',
    500: '#dc6856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6856;
$custom-light: #ed9686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65326,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6856

secondary

#ADDAE1

accent

#D2E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6856

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

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