#DC8A9E#DC8A9E

#DC8A9E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 4.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A9E
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(345, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(345, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 33.81, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 33.91, 4.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.1023 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.103 4.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7765, 35.8644, 36.9053)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A9E #8ADCC8

analogous

#DC8AC7 #DC8A9E #DC9F8A

triadic

#DC8A9E #9EDC8A #8A9EDC

tetradic

#DC8A9E #C7DC8A #8ADCC8 #9F8ADC

square

#DC8A9E #C7DC8A #8ADCC8 #9F8ADC

split-complementary

#DC8A9E #8ADC9F #8AC7DC

monochromatic

#B53655 #CE5B77 #DC8A9E #EAB9C5 #F8E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#DC8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#DC8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A9E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A9E	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)

#96989F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 4.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adba',
    500: '#dc8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a9e;
$custom-light: #e9adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.366,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 4.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A9E

secondary

#D6ECE7

accent

#C19B24

background

#FEFAFB

surface

#FDF4F6

border

#D5CED0

text

#161011

muted

#847F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A9E

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

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