#DC6956#DC6956

#DC6956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.148 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6956
RGB	rgb(220, 105, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 43.49, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 53.99, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1269 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.148 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2496, 25.9950, 11.9109)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6956 #56C9DC

analogous

#DC5686 #DC6956 #DCAC56

triadic

#DC6956 #56DC69 #6956DC

tetradic

#DC6956 #86DC56 #56C9DC #AC56DC

square

#DC6956 #86DC56 #56C9DC #AC56DC

split-complementary

#DC6956 #56DCAC #5686DC

monochromatic

#983120 #CB412A #DC6956 #E69689 #F1C3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#DC6956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#DC6956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6956

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6956	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 105, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.148 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9786',
    500: '#dc6956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6956;
$custom-light: #ed9786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65472,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6956

secondary

#ADD9E1

accent

#D1E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6956

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

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