#DC8980#DC8980

#DC8980 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8980
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 128)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(6, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 30.67, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 35.68, 30.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0924 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.103 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3592, 34.6690, 24.8787)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8980 #80D3DC

analogous

#DC80A5 #DC8980 #DCB780

triadic

#DC8980 #80DC89 #8980DC

tetradic

#DC8980 #A5DC80 #80D3DC #B780DC

square

#DC8980 #A5DC80 #80D3DC #B780DC

split-complementary

#DC8980 #80DCB7 #80A5DC

monochromatic

#B13D31 #CF5C50 #DC8980 #E9B6B0 #F6E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DC8980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#DC8980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8980

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8980	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B957F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aca4',
    500: '#dc8980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8980;
$custom-light: #e9aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.87,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8980

secondary

#CEE7EA

accent

#B4C421

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8980

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

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