#DC8A9D#DC8A9D

#DC8A9D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 4.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A9D
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(346, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(346, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 33.67, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 33.82, 5.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.1019 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.102 4.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6908, 35.8301, 36.4538)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A9D #8ADCC9

analogous

#DC8AC6 #DC8A9D #DCA08A

triadic

#DC8A9D #9DDC8A #8A9DDC

tetradic

#DC8A9D #C6DC8A #8ADCC9 #A08ADC

square

#DC8A9D #C6DC8A #8ADCC9 #A08ADC

split-complementary

#DC8A9D #8ADCA0 #8AC6DC

monochromatic

#B53654 #CE5B76 #DC8A9D #EAB9C4 #F8E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#DC8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#DC8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A9D

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A9D	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 4.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adb9',
    500: '#dc8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a9d;
$custom-light: #e9adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.098,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 4.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A9D

secondary

#D6ECE7

accent

#C19D24

background

#FEFAFB

surface

#FDF4F6

border

#D5CED0

text

#161011

muted

#847F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A9D

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

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