#DC7255#DC7255

#DC7255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.140 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7255
RGB	rgb(220, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(13, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(13, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 38.90, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 52.17, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.1125 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.14 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1753, 27.9103, 12.0221)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7255 #55BFDC

analogous

#DC557B #DC7255 #DCB655

triadic

#DC7255 #55DC72 #7255DC

tetradic

#DC7255 #7BDC55 #55BFDC #B655DC

square

#DC7255 #7BDC55 #55BFDC #B655DC

split-complementary

#DC7255 #55DCB6 #557BDC

monochromatic

#97391F #CA4C2A #DC7255 #E69C88 #F1C6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#DC7255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#DC7255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7255

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7255	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.140 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9c85',
    500: '#dc7255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7255;
$custom-light: #ec9c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66819,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7255

secondary

#ACD5E0

accent

#C4E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7255

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

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