#DC8A89#DC8A89

#DC8A89 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A89
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 31.15, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 34.06, 23.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0943 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.101 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1209, 35.2021, 28.1856)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A89 #89DBDC

analogous

#DC89B1 #DC8A89 #DCB489

triadic

#DC8A89 #89DC8A #8A89DC

tetradic

#DC8A89 #B1DC89 #89DBDC #B489DC

square

#DC8A89 #B1DC89 #89DBDC #B489DC

split-complementary

#DC8A89 #89DCB4 #89B1DC

monochromatic

#B53736 #CE5B5A #DC8A89 #EAB9B8 #F8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#DC8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A89

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A89	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adab',
    500: '#dc8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a89;
$custom-light: #e9adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.723,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A89

secondary

#D5ECEC

accent

#C0C224

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A89

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

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