#DC8A86#DC8A86

#DC8A86 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A86
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(3, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 30.81, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 34.42, 26.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0931 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.101 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9087, 35.1172, 27.0680)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A86 #86D8DC

analogous

#DC86AD #DC8A86 #DCB586

triadic

#DC8A86 #86DC8A #8A86DC

tetradic

#DC8A86 #ADDC86 #86D8DC #B586DC

square

#DC8A86 #ADDC86 #86D8DC #B586DC

split-complementary

#DC8A86 #86DCB5 #86ADDC

monochromatic

#B43A34 #CE5C57 #DC8A86 #EAB8B5 #F7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DC8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A86

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A86	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)

#9B9685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ada9',
    500: '#dc8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a86;
$custom-light: #e9ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71725,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A86

secondary

#D3EAEB

accent

#BBC323

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A86

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

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