#DCA8A5#DCA8A5

#DCA8A5 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.062 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA8A5
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(3, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, 18.66, 8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 20.69, 25.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% 0.0571 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.062 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3101, 45.9399, 41.8073)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA8A5 #A5D9DC

analogous

#DCA5BD #DCA8A5 #DCC3A5

triadic

#DCA8A5 #A5DCA8 #A8A5DC

tetradic

#DCA8A5 #BDDCA5 #A5D9DC #C3A5DC

square

#DCA8A5 #BDDCA5 #A5D9DC #C3A5DC

split-complementary

#DCA8A5 #A5DCC3 #A5BDDC

monochromatic

#BA534D #CB7D79 #DCA8A5 #EDD3D1 #F6EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DCA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA8A5

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA8A5	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.062 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c2bf',
    500: '#dca8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca8a5;
$custom-light: #e8c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.273,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7787,
    "c": 0.06176,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA8A5

secondary

#DEECED

accent

#B0B72E

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F7

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161212

muted

#848181

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA8A5

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

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