#DC8A78#DC8A78

#DC8A78 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A78
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(11, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 29.29, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 37.12, 37.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0876 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.105 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9961, 34.7522, 22.2617)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A78 #78CADC

analogous

#DC7898 #DC8A78 #DCBC78

triadic

#DC8A78 #78DC8A #8A78DC

tetradic

#DC8A78 #98DC78 #78CADC #BC78DC

square

#DC8A78 #98DC78 #78CADC #BC78DC

split-complementary

#DC8A78 #78DCBC #7898DC

monochromatic

#AD442D #CF6047 #DC8A78 #E9B4A9 #F5DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DC8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#DC8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A78

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A78	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaad9f',
    500: '#dc8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a78;
$custom-light: #eaad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71413,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A78

secondary

#C8E2E8

accent

#A8C61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A78

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

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