#DC8A72#DC8A72

#DC8A72 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A72
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 28.70, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 38.71, 42.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0852 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.107 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6433, 34.6111, 20.4037)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A72 #72C4DC

analogous

#DC728F #DC8A72 #DCBF72

triadic

#DC8A72 #72DC8A #8A72DC

tetradic

#DC8A72 #8FDC72 #72C4DC #BF72DC

square

#DC8A72 #8FDC72 #72C4DC #BF72DC

split-complementary

#DC8A72 #72DCBF #728FDC

monochromatic

#AA472A #D06141 #DC8A72 #E8B3A3 #F4DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DC8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#DC8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A72

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A72	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaad9a',
    500: '#dc8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a72;
$custom-light: #eaad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.585,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A72

secondary

#C3DFE7

accent

#A1C81E

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A72

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

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