#DC8E8B#DC8E8B

#DC8E8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.096 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E8B
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 29.25, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 32.41, 25.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0886 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.096 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8502, 36.4290, 29.1431)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E8B #8BD9DC

analogous

#DC8BB0 #DC8E8B #DCB68B

triadic

#DC8E8B #8BDC8E #8E8BDC

tetradic

#DC8E8B #B0DC8B #8BD9DC #B68BDC

square

#DC8E8B #B0DC8B #8BD9DC #B68BDC

split-complementary

#DC8E8B #8BDCB6 #8BB0DC

monochromatic

#B63C37 #CE605C #DC8E8B #EABCBA #F8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#DC8E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#DC8E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E8B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E8B	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E998A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB858E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.096 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b0ac',
    500: '#dc8e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e8b;
$custom-light: #e9b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E8B

secondary

#D6ECED

accent

#BBC124

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF5F4

border

#D5CFCE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E8B

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

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