#DC8981#DC8981

#DC8981 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8981
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 129)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(5, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 30.78, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 35.51, 29.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0928 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.103 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4254, 34.6954, 25.2271)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8981 #81D4DC

analogous

#DC81A6 #DC8981 #DCB681

triadic

#DC8981 #81DC89 #8981DC

tetradic

#DC8981 #A6DC81 #81D4DC #B681DC

square

#DC8981 #A6DC81 #81D4DC #B681DC

split-complementary

#DC8981 #81DCB6 #81A6DC

monochromatic

#B13D31 #CF5C51 #DC8981 #E9B6B1 #F7E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DC8981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#DC8981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8981

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8981	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aca5',
    500: '#dc8981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8981;
$custom-light: #e9aca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.275,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71438,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8981

secondary

#CFE8EA

accent

#B6C421

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8981

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

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