#DC8A8A#DC8A8A

#DC8A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A8A
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 31.27, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 33.95, 22.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0947 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.101 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1930, 35.2309, 28.5652)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A8A #8ADCDC

analogous

#DC8AB3 #DC8A8A #DCB38A

triadic

#DC8A8A #8ADC8A #8A8ADC

tetradic

#DC8A8A #B3DC8A #8ADCDC #B38ADC

square

#DC8A8A #B3DC8A #8ADCDC #B38ADC

split-complementary

#DC8A8A #8ADCB3 #8AB3DC

monochromatic

#B53636 #CE5B5B #DC8A8A #EAB9B9 #F8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#DC8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A8A

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A8A	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB818B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adac',
    500: '#dc8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a8a;
$custom-light: #e9adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A8A

secondary

#D6ECEC

accent

#C1C124

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A8A

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

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