#DC6959#DC6959

#DC6959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.147 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6959
RGB	rgb(220, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 43.70, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 53.21, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.128 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.147 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3730, 26.0444, 12.5609)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6959 #59CCDC

analogous

#DC598A #DC6959 #DCAA59

triadic

#DC6959 #59DC69 #6959DC

tetradic

#DC6959 #8ADC59 #59CCDC #AA59DC

square

#DC6959 #8ADC59 #59CCDC #AA59DC

split-complementary

#DC6959 #59DCAA #598ADC

monochromatic

#9A2F20 #CD3F2B #DC6959 #E7978C #F1C4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#DC6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#DC6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6959

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6959	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.147 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9788',
    500: '#dc6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6959;
$custom-light: #ec9788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.328,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65523,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6959

secondary

#AFDBE1

accent

#B7CD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6959

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

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