#DC7259#DC7259

#DC7259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.138 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7259
RGB	rgb(220, 114, 89)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(11, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 39.18, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 50.98, 39.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.114 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.138 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3387, 27.9757, 12.8828)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7259 #59C3DC

analogous

#DC5982 #DC7259 #DCB359

triadic

#DC7259 #59DC72 #7259DC

tetradic

#DC7259 #82DC59 #59C3DC #B359DC

square

#DC7259 #82DC59 #59C3DC #B359DC

split-complementary

#DC7259 #59DCB3 #5982DC

monochromatic

#9A3820 #CD4A2B #DC7259 #E79D8C #F1C8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#DC7259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#DC7259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7259

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7259	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#8D8257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F05F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 114, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.138 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9c88',
    500: '#dc7259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7259;
$custom-light: #ec9c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.45,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66883,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7259

secondary

#AFD8E1

accent

#ABCD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7259

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

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