#DC6E51#DC6E51

#DC6E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.145 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6E51
RGB	rgb(220, 110, 81)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 40.67, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 54.24, 41.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.1173 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.145 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5795, 26.9659, 11.0616)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6E51 #51BFDC

analogous

#DC517A #DC6E51 #DCB451

triadic

#DC6E51 #51DC6E #6E51DC

tetradic

#DC6E51 #7ADC51 #51BFDC #B451DC

square

#DC6E51 #7ADC51 #51BFDC #B451DC

split-complementary

#DC6E51 #51DCB4 #517ADC

monochromatic

#95371E #C84928 #DC6E51 #E69884 #F0C3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#DC6E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#DC6E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6E51

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6E51	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5974F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 110, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.145 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9a82',
    500: '#dc6e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6e51;
$custom-light: #ed9a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.518,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66141,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6E51

secondary

#A9D4E0

accent

#C6E93E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6E51

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

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