#DCA5A5#DCA5A5

#DCA5A5 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.065 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA5A5
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 165)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 20.27, 7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 21.77, 21.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.0619 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.065 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7627, 44.8450, 41.6248)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA5A5 #A5DCDC

analogous

#DCA5C0 #DCA5A5 #DCC0A5

triadic

#DCA5A5 #A5DCA5 #A5A5DC

tetradic

#DCA5A5 #C0DCA5 #A5DCDC #C0A5DC

square

#DCA5A5 #C0DCA5 #A5DCDC #C0A5DC

split-complementary

#DCA5A5 #A5DCC0 #A5C0DC

monochromatic

#BA4D4D #CB7979 #DCA5A5 #EDD1D1 #F6E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCA5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#DCA5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA5A5

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA5A5	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.065 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0bf',
    500: '#dca5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca5a5;
$custom-light: #e8c0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77314,
    "c": 0.0653,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA5A5

secondary

#DEEDED

accent

#B7B72E

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F7

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161212

muted

#848181

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA5A5

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

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