#DC8281#DC8281

#DC8281 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8281
RGB	rgb(220, 130, 129)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(1, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 34.49, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 37.84, 24.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.1041 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.111 21)
XYZ	xyz(41.4624, 32.7695, 24.9061)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8281 #81DBDC

analogous

#DC81AD #DC8281 #DCAF81

triadic

#DC8281 #81DC82 #8281DC

tetradic

#DC8281 #ADDC81 #81DBDC #AF81DC

square

#DC8281 #ADDC81 #81DBDC #AF81DC

split-complementary

#DC8281 #81DCAF #81ADDC

monochromatic

#B13331 #CF5251 #DC8281 #E9B2B1 #F7E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#DC8281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#DC8281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8281

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8281	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 130, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa7a5',
    500: '#dc8281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8281;
$custom-light: #eaa7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.659,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70261,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.32766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8281

secondary

#CFEAEA

accent

#C2C421

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8281

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

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