#DC7256#DC7256

#DC7256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.139 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7256
RGB	rgb(220, 114, 86)
HSL	hsl(13, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(13, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 38.97, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 51.86, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.1129 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.139 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2153, 27.9263, 12.2328)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7256 #56C0DC

analogous

#DC567D #DC7256 #DCB556

triadic

#DC7256 #56DC72 #7256DC

tetradic

#DC7256 #7DDC56 #56C0DC #B556DC

square

#DC7256 #7DDC56 #56C0DC #B556DC

split-complementary

#DC7256 #56DCB5 #567DDC

monochromatic

#983920 #CB4C2A #DC7256 #E69C89 #F1C7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#DC7256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#DC7256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7256

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7256	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)

#8D8253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 114, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.139 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9c86',
    500: '#dc7256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7256;
$custom-light: #ec9c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.537,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66835,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7256

secondary

#ADD6E1

accent

#C5E93F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7256

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

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