#DC8D79#DC8D79

#DC8D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8D79
RGB	rgb(220, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 27.79, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 36.19, 39.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0831 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.101 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4935, 35.6493, 22.7284)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8D79 #79C8DC

analogous

#DC7997 #DC8D79 #DCBF79

triadic

#DC8D79 #79DC8D #8D79DC

tetradic

#DC8D79 #97DC79 #79C8DC #BF79DC

square

#DC8D79 #97DC79 #79C8DC #BF79DC

split-complementary

#DC8D79 #79DCBF #7997DC

monochromatic

#AD472D #CF6448 #DC8D79 #E9B6AA #F5E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#DC8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#DC8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8D79

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8D79	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaaf9f',
    500: '#dc8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8d79;
$custom-light: #eaaf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.121,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8D79

secondary

#C9E2E8

accent

#A4C61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100E

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8D79

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

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