#DC8A87#DC8A87

#DC8A87 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A87
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 30.92, 14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 34.29, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0935 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.101 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9788, 35.1453, 27.4371)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A87 #87D9DC

analogous

#DC87AE #DC8A87 #DCB587

triadic

#DC8A87 #87DC8A #8A87DC

tetradic

#DC8A87 #AEDC87 #87D9DC #B587DC

square

#DC8A87 #AEDC87 #87D9DC #B587DC

split-complementary

#DC8A87 #87DCB5 #87AEDC

monochromatic

#B43935 #CE5C58 #DC8A87 #EAB8B6 #F8E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#DC8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A87

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A87	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adaa',
    500: '#dc8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a87;
$custom-light: #e9adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.118,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A87

secondary

#D3EBEC

accent

#BDC223

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A87

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

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