#DC6957#DC6957

#DC6957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.148 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6957
RGB	rgb(220, 105, 87)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 43.56, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 53.73, 35.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.1273 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.148 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2902, 26.0112, 12.1246)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6957 #57CADC

analogous

#DC5788 #DC6957 #DCAB57

triadic

#DC6957 #57DC69 #6957DC

tetradic

#DC6957 #88DC57 #57CADC #AB57DC

square

#DC6957 #88DC57 #57CADC #AB57DC

split-complementary

#DC6957 #57DCAB #5788DC

monochromatic

#993020 #CB402A #DC6957 #E7968A #F1C3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#DC6957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#DC6957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6957

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6957	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)

#867C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 105, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.148 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9786',
    500: '#dc6957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6957;
$custom-light: #ed9786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65489,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6957

secondary

#AEDAE1

accent

#B5CD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6957

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

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