#DC8978#DC8978

#DC8978 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8978
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(10, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 29.83, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 37.36, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0892 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.106 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8533, 34.4666, 22.2141)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8978 #78CBDC

analogous

#DC7899 #DC8978 #DCBB78

triadic

#DC8978 #78DC89 #8978DC

tetradic

#DC8978 #99DC78 #78CBDC #BB78DC

square

#DC8978 #99DC78 #78CBDC #BB78DC

split-complementary

#DC8978 #78DCBB #7899DC

monochromatic

#AD432D #CF5F47 #DC8978 #E9B3A9 #F5DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DC8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#DC8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8978

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8978	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaac9f',
    500: '#dc8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8978;
$custom-light: #eaac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8978

secondary

#C8E3E8

accent

#AAC61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8978

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

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