#DC8489#DC8489

#DC8489 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8489
RGB	rgb(220, 132, 137)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(357, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 34.34, 11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 36.34, 19.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.104 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.108 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2837, 33.5278, 27.9066)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8489 #84DCD7

analogous

#DC84B5 #DC8489 #DCAB84

triadic

#DC8489 #89DC84 #8489DC

tetradic

#DC8489 #B5DC84 #84DCD7 #AB84DC

square

#DC8489 #B5DC84 #84DCD7 #AB84DC

split-complementary

#DC8489 #84DCAB #84B5DC

monochromatic

#B3333A #CE545B #DC8489 #EAB4B7 #F7E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DC8489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#DC8489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8489

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8489	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 132, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9a9ab',
    500: '#dc8489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8489;
$custom-light: #e9a9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.591,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70787,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8489

secondary

#D1EBE9

accent

#C3BA22

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8489

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

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