#DC8B8A#DC8B8A

#DC8B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8B8A
RGB	rgb(220, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 30.74, 13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 33.59, 23.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0931 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.099 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3371, 35.5192, 28.6132)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8B8A #8ADBDC

analogous

#DC8AB2 #DC8B8A #DCB48A

triadic

#DC8B8A #8ADC8B #8B8ADC

tetradic

#DC8B8A #B2DC8A #8ADBDC #B48ADC

square

#DC8B8A #B2DC8A #8ADBDC #B48ADC

split-complementary

#DC8B8A #8ADCB4 #8AB2DC

monochromatic

#B53836 #CE5C5B #DC8B8A #EABAB9 #F8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#DC8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#DC8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8B8A

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8B8A	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B978A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9adac',
    500: '#dc8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8b8a;
$custom-light: #e9adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.732,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71993,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8B8A

secondary

#D6ECEC

accent

#BFC124

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8B8A

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

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