#DC685E#DC685E
#DC685E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.147 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DC685E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(220, 104, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 64%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 57%, 86%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 57.3%, 13.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.97, 44.56, 27.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.97, 52.30, 31.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.47% 0.1315 0.0666) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.47% 0.147 26.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.4889, 25.9287, 13.6707) |
| Luminance | 0.2592 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.84
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.68
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.23
Dark Salmon
#C85A53
ΔE00 5.64
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.69
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DC685E #5ED2DC
analogous
#DC5E93 #DC685E #DCA75E
triadic
#DC685E #5EDC68 #685EDC
tetradic
#DC685E #93DC5E #5ED2DC #A75EDC
square
#DC685E #93DC5E #5ED2DC #A75EDC
split-complementary
#DC685E #5EDCA7 #5E93DC
monochromatic
#9D2C22 #D03A2D #DC685E #E79790 #F2C6C3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.40
#DC685E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.18
#DC685E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #DC685E
6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DC685E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DC685E | 1.00 | 3.40 | 6.18 | 6.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#847C5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F05466
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dc685e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 104, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.147 26.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ec968b',
500: '#dc685e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dc685e; $custom-light: #ec968b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dc685e",
"rgb": {
"r": 220,
"g": 104,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.762,
"s": 64.286,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65467,
"c": 0.14737,
"h": 26.9
},
"luminance": 0.25924
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DC685E
secondary
#B3DFE2
accent
#BECC19
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#170E0C
muted
#857E7D