#DC7251#DC7251

#DC7251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.141 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7251
RGB	rgb(220, 114, 81)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 38.63, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 53.41, 43.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.111 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.141 38)
XYZ	xyz(37.0208, 27.8486, 11.2087)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7251 #51BBDC

analogous

#DC5176 #DC7251 #DCB851

triadic

#DC7251 #51DC72 #7251DC

tetradic

#DC7251 #76DC51 #51BBDC #B851DC

square

#DC7251 #76DC51 #51BBDC #B851DC

split-complementary

#DC7251 #51DCB8 #5176DC

monochromatic

#953A1E #C84E28 #DC7251 #E69B84 #F0C5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#DC7251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#DC7251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7251

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7251	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 114, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.141 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9c82',
    500: '#dc7251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7251;
$custom-light: #ec9c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.245,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66758,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.27844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7251

secondary

#A9D3E0

accent

#C1E93E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7251

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

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