#DC8A9C#DC8A9C

#DC8A9C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 5.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A9C
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(347, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(347, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 33.54, 3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 33.74, 6.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.1016 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.102 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6058, 35.7961, 36.0060)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A9C #8ADCCA

analogous

#DC8AC5 #DC8A9C #DCA18A

triadic

#DC8A9C #9CDC8A #8A9CDC

tetradic

#DC8A9C #C5DC8A #8ADCCA #A18ADC

square

#DC8A9C #C5DC8A #8ADCCA #A18ADC

split-complementary

#DC8A9C #8ADCA1 #8AC5DC

monochromatic

#B53652 #CE5B74 #DC8A9C #EAB9C4 #F8E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#DC8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#DC8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A9C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A9C	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adb9',
    500: '#dc8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a9c;
$custom-light: #e9adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.829,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A9C

secondary

#D6ECE7

accent

#C19F24

background

#FEFAFB

surface

#FDF4F6

border

#D5CED0

text

#161011

muted

#847F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A9C

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

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