#DC8A8E#DC8A8E

#DC8A8E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A8E
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 31.75, 11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 33.64, 19.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0963 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.101 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4879, 35.3489, 30.1185)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A8E #8ADCD8

analogous

#DC8AB7 #DC8A8E #DCAF8A

triadic

#DC8A8E #8EDC8A #8A8EDC

tetradic

#DC8A8E #B7DC8A #8ADCD8 #AF8ADC

square

#DC8A8E #B7DC8A #8ADCD8 #AF8ADC

split-complementary

#DC8A8E #8ADCAF #8AB7DC

monochromatic

#B5363C #CE5B61 #DC8A8E #EAB9BB #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DC8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#DC8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A8E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A8E	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adaf',
    500: '#dc8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a8e;
$custom-light: #e9adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.073,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A8E

secondary

#D6ECEB

accent

#C1BA24

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A8E

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

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