#DC6A51#DC6A51

#DC6A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.148 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6A51
RGB	rgb(220, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 42.67, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 55.14, 39.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.1235 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.148 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1576, 26.1221, 10.9210)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6A51 #51C3DC

analogous

#DC517E #DC6A51 #DCAF51

triadic

#DC6A51 #51DC6A #6A51DC

tetradic

#DC6A51 #7EDC51 #51C3DC #AF51DC

square

#DC6A51 #7EDC51 #51C3DC #AF51DC

split-complementary

#DC6A51 #51DCAF #517EDC

monochromatic

#95331E #C84528 #DC6A51 #E69684 #F0C1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#DC6A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#DC6A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6A51

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6A51	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.148 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9782',
    500: '#dc6a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6a51;
$custom-light: #ed9782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.791,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6554,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6A51

secondary

#A9D6E0

accent

#CBE93E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6A51

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

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