#DC7257#DC7257

#DC7257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.139 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7257
RGB	rgb(220, 114, 87)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 39.04, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 51.57, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.1133 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.139 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2559, 27.9426, 12.4465)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7257 #57C1DC

analogous

#DC577F #DC7257 #DCB457

triadic

#DC7257 #57DC72 #7257DC

tetradic

#DC7257 #7FDC57 #57C1DC #B457DC

square

#DC7257 #7FDC57 #57C1DC #B457DC

split-complementary

#DC7257 #57DCB4 #577FDC

monochromatic

#993820 #CB4B2A #DC7257 #E79D8A #F1C7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#DC7257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#DC7257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7257

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7257	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 114, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.139 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9c87',
    500: '#dc7257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7257;
$custom-light: #ec9c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.18,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66851,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7257

secondary

#AED7E1

accent

#A9CD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7257

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

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