#DCA8A8#DCA8A8

#DCA8A8 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.061 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA8A8
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 19.09, 7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 20.48, 21.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.0583 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.061 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5864, 46.0504, 43.2622)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA8A8 #A8DCDC

analogous

#DCA8C2 #DCA8A8 #DCC2A8

triadic

#DCA8A8 #A8DCA8 #A8A8DC

tetradic

#DCA8A8 #C2DCA8 #A8DCDC #C2A8DC

square

#DCA8A8 #C2DCA8 #A8DCDC #C2A8DC

split-complementary

#DCA8A8 #A8DCC2 #A8C2DC

monochromatic

#B95151 #CA7C7C #DCA8A8 #EED4D4 #F6E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#DCA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA8A8

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA8A8	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.061 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c2c1',
    500: '#dca8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca8a8;
$custom-light: #e7c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77949,
    "c": 0.06148,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA8A8

secondary

#DEEDED

accent

#B6B630

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F7

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161212

muted

#848181

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA8A8

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

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