#DC8985#DC8985

#DC8985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8985
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(3, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 31.23, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 34.89, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0944 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.102 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6965, 34.8039, 26.6548)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8985 #85D8DC

analogous

#DC85AD #DC8985 #DCB585

triadic

#DC8985 #85DC89 #8985DC

tetradic

#DC8985 #ADDC85 #85D8DC #B585DC

square

#DC8985 #ADDC85 #85D8DC #B585DC

split-complementary

#DC8985 #85DCB5 #85ADDC

monochromatic

#B33933 #CE5B55 #DC8985 #EAB7B5 #F7E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DC8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#DC8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8985

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8985	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aca8',
    500: '#dc8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8985;
$custom-light: #e9aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.759,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8985

secondary

#D2EAEB

accent

#BCC323

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8985

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

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