#DC8A88#DC8A88

#DC8A88 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A88
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 38.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 31.04, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 34.17, 24.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0939 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.101 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0495, 35.1736, 27.8096)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A88 #88DADC

analogous

#DC88B0 #DC8A88 #DCB488

triadic

#DC8A88 #88DC8A #8A88DC

tetradic

#DC8A88 #B0DC88 #88DADC #B488DC

square

#DC8A88 #B0DC88 #88DADC #B488DC

split-complementary

#DC8A88 #88DCB4 #88B0DC

monochromatic

#B53835 #CE5C59 #DC8A88 #EAB8B7 #F8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#DC8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A88

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A88	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#9B9687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adaa',
    500: '#dc8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a88;
$custom-light: #e9adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.429,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A88

secondary

#D4EBEC

accent

#BEC223

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A88

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

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