#DC6D51#DC6D51

#DC6D51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.146 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6D51
RGB	rgb(220, 109, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 41.17, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 54.46, 40.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.1188 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.146 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4722, 26.7513, 11.0258)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6D51 #51C0DC

analogous

#DC517B #DC6D51 #DCB251

triadic

#DC6D51 #51DC6D #6D51DC

tetradic

#DC6D51 #7BDC51 #51C0DC #B251DC

square

#DC6D51 #7BDC51 #51C0DC #B251DC

split-complementary

#DC6D51 #51DCB2 #517BDC

monochromatic

#95361E #C84828 #DC6D51 #E69884 #F0C3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#DC6D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#DC6D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6D51

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6D51	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 109, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.146 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9982',
    500: '#dc6d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6d51;
$custom-light: #ed9982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.086,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6599,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6D51

secondary

#A9D5E0

accent

#C7E93E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6D51

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

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