#DC8A8B#DC8A8B

#DC8A8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A8B
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(359, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 31.39, 12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 33.86, 22.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0951 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.101 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2657, 35.2600, 28.9482)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A8B #8ADCDB

analogous

#DC8AB4 #DC8A8B #DCB28A

triadic

#DC8A8B #8BDC8A #8A8BDC

tetradic

#DC8A8B #B4DC8A #8ADCDB #B28ADC

square

#DC8A8B #B4DC8A #8ADCDB #B28ADC

split-complementary

#DC8A8B #8ADCB2 #8AB4DC

monochromatic

#B53638 #CE5B5C #DC8A8B #EAB9BA #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#DC8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A8B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A8B	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)

#9A978B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB818B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adac',
    500: '#dc8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a8b;
$custom-light: #e9adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.268,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71846,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A8B

secondary

#D6ECEC

accent

#C1BF24

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A8B

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

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