#DC8A8D#DC8A8D

#DC8A8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A8D
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(358, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 31.63, 11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 33.70, 20.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0959 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.101 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4132, 35.3190, 29.7249)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A8D #8ADCD9

analogous

#DC8AB6 #DC8A8D #DCB08A

triadic

#DC8A8D #8DDC8A #8A8DDC

tetradic

#DC8A8D #B6DC8A #8ADCD9 #B08ADC

square

#DC8A8D #B6DC8A #8ADCD9 #B08ADC

split-complementary

#DC8A8D #8ADCB0 #8AB6DC

monochromatic

#B5363B #CE5B5F #DC8A8D #EAB9BB #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DC8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#DC8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A8D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A8D	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB818B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adae',
    500: '#dc8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a8d;
$custom-light: #e9adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.805,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71896,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A8D

secondary

#D6ECEB

accent

#C1BC24

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A8D

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

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