#DC8972#DC8972

#DC8972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8972
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 29.24, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 38.91, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0868 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.108 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5005, 34.3255, 20.3561)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8972 #72C5DC

analogous

#DC7290 #DC8972 #DCBE72

triadic

#DC8972 #72DC89 #8972DC

tetradic

#DC8972 #90DC72 #72C5DC #BE72DC

square

#DC8972 #90DC72 #72C5DC #BE72DC

split-complementary

#DC8972 #72DCBE #7290DC

monochromatic

#AA462A #D06041 #DC8972 #E8B2A3 #F4DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#DC8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8972

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8972	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaac9a',
    500: '#dc8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8972;
$custom-light: #eaac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.019,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71119,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8972

secondary

#C3DFE7

accent

#A3C81E

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8972

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

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