#DC8C8A#DC8C8A

#DC8C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8C8A
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 30.20, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 33.23, 24.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0915 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.098 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4826, 35.8101, 28.6617)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8C8A #8ADADC

analogous

#DC8AB1 #DC8C8A #DCB58A

triadic

#DC8C8A #8ADC8C #8C8ADC

tetradic

#DC8C8A #B1DC8A #8ADADC #B58ADC

square

#DC8C8A #B1DC8A #8ADADC #B58ADC

split-complementary

#DC8C8A #8ADCB5 #8AB1DC

monochromatic

#B53936 #CE5E5B #DC8C8A #EABAB9 #F8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#DC8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#DC8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8C8A

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8C8A	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)

#9C9889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aeac',
    500: '#dc8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8c8a;
$custom-light: #e9aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72164,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8C8A

secondary

#D6ECEC

accent

#BEC124

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8C8A

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

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