#DC8A80#DC8A80

#DC8A80 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A80
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(7, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 30.14, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 35.38, 31.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0908 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.102 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5020, 34.9546, 24.9263)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A80 #80D2DC

analogous

#DC80A4 #DC8A80 #DCB880

triadic

#DC8A80 #80DC8A #8A80DC

tetradic

#DC8A80 #A4DC80 #80D2DC #B880DC

square

#DC8A80 #A4DC80 #80D2DC #B880DC

split-complementary

#DC8A80 #80DCB8 #80A4DC

monochromatic

#B13F31 #CF5E50 #DC8A80 #E9B6B0 #F6E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DC8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#DC8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A80

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A80	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C967F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ada4',
    500: '#dc8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a80;
$custom-light: #e9ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.522,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71586,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A80

secondary

#CEE7EA

accent

#B3C421

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A80

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

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