#DC8A79#DC8A79

#DC8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A79
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(10, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 29.40, 22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 36.87, 37.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.088 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.104 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0571, 34.7766, 22.5830)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A79 #79CBDC

analogous

#DC799A #DC8A79 #DCBC79

triadic

#DC8A79 #79DC8A #8A79DC

tetradic

#DC8A79 #9ADC79 #79CBDC #BC79DC

square

#DC8A79 #9ADC79 #79CBDC #BC79DC

split-complementary

#DC8A79 #79DCBC #799ADC

monochromatic

#AD432D #CF6048 #DC8A79 #E9B4AA #F5DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DC8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#DC8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A79

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A79	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)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaad9f',
    500: '#dc8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a79;
$custom-light: #eaad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.303,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71434,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A79

secondary

#C9E3E8

accent

#AAC61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100E

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A79

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

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