#DC8974#DC8974

#DC8974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8974
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 29.43, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 38.37, 39.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0876 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.107 35)
XYZ	xyz(41.6156, 34.3715, 20.9622)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8974 #74C7DC

analogous

#DC7493 #DC8974 #DCBD74

triadic

#DC8974 #74DC89 #8974DC

tetradic

#DC8974 #93DC74 #74C7DC #BD74DC

square

#DC8974 #93DC74 #74C7DC #BD74DC

split-complementary

#DC8974 #74DCBD #7493DC

monochromatic

#AB452B #D05F43 #DC8974 #E8B3A5 #F5DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#DC8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8974

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8974	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaac9c',
    500: '#dc8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8974;
$custom-light: #eaac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.34368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8974

secondary

#C5E0E7

accent

#A5C71E

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8974

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

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