#DC8979#DC8979

#DC8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8979
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(10, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 29.93, 21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 37.12, 36.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0896 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.105 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9143, 34.4910, 22.5354)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8979 #79CCDC

analogous

#DC799B #DC8979 #DCBB79

triadic

#DC8979 #79DC89 #8979DC

tetradic

#DC8979 #9BDC79 #79CCDC #BB79DC

square

#DC8979 #9BDC79 #79CCDC #BB79DC

split-complementary

#DC8979 #79DCBB #799BDC

monochromatic

#AD422D #CF5E48 #DC8979 #E9B4AA #F5DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DC8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DC8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8979

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8979	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaac9f',
    500: '#dc8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8979;
$custom-light: #eaac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.697,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8979

secondary

#C9E3E8

accent

#ABC61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8979

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

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