#DC8779#DC8779

#DC8779 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8779
RGB	rgb(220, 135, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(8, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 31.00, 21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 37.64, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0928 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.107 30)
XYZ	xyz(41.6326, 33.9276, 22.4415)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8779 #79CEDC

analogous

#DC799D #DC8779 #DCB979

triadic

#DC8779 #79DC87 #8779DC

tetradic

#DC8779 #9DDC79 #79CEDC #B979DC

square

#DC8779 #9DDC79 #79CEDC #B979DC

split-complementary

#DC8779 #79DCB9 #799DDC

monochromatic

#AD3F2D #CF5C48 #DC8779 #E9B2AA #F5DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#DC8779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#DC8779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8779

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8779	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 135, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaab9f',
    500: '#dc8779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8779;
$custom-light: #eaab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.485,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7092,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.33924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8779

secondary

#C9E4E8

accent

#AFC61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8779

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

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