#DC8A85#DC8A85

#DC8A85 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A85
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(3, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 30.69, 15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 34.56, 27.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0927 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.101 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8393, 35.0895, 26.7024)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A85 #85D7DC

analogous

#DC85AC #DC8A85 #DCB685

triadic

#DC8A85 #85DC8A #8A85DC

tetradic

#DC8A85 #ACDC85 #85D7DC #B685DC

square

#DC8A85 #ACDC85 #85D7DC #B685DC

split-complementary

#DC8A85 #85DCB6 #85ACDC

monochromatic

#B33B33 #CE5C55 #DC8A85 #EAB8B5 #F7E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DC8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A85

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A85	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ada8',
    500: '#dc8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a85;
$custom-light: #e9ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.448,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71701,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A85

secondary

#D2EAEB

accent

#BAC323

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A85

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

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