#DC8D8D#DC8D8D

#DC8D8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.097 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8D8D
RGB	rgb(220, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 30.03, 12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 32.55, 22.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.091 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.097 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8495, 36.1918, 29.8703)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8D8D #8DDCDC

analogous

#DC8DB4 #DC8D8D #DCB48D

triadic

#DC8D8D #8DDC8D #8D8DDC

tetradic

#DC8D8D #B4DC8D #8DDCDC #B48DDC

square

#DC8D8D #B4DC8D #8DDCDC #B48DDC

split-complementary

#DC8D8D #8DDCB4 #8DB4DC

monochromatic

#B73838 #CE5E5E #DC8D8D #EABCBC #F8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#DC8D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#DC8D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8D8D

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8D8D	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.097 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9afae',
    500: '#dc8d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8d8d;
$custom-light: #e9afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8D8D

secondary

#D8EDED

accent

#C0C025

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8D8D

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

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