#DC497E#DC497E

#DC497E is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.187 H 2.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC497E
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 126)
HSL	hsl(338, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(338, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 61.15, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 61.19, 2.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.187 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.187 2.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6662, 21.4915, 22.0047)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC497E #49DCA7

analogous

#DC49C8 #DC497E #DC5D49

triadic

#DC497E #7EDC49 #497EDC

tetradic

#DC497E #C8DC49 #49DCA7 #5D49DC

square

#DC497E #C8DC49 #49DCA7 #5D49DC

split-complementary

#DC497E #49DC5D #49C8DC

monochromatic

#8F1C45 #C2255E #DC497E #E67CA2 #F0B0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DC497E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#DC497E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC497E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC497E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC497E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE365E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc497e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.187 2.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec85a3',
    500: '#dc497e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc497e;
$custom-light: #ec85a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc497e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.367,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62334,
    "c": 0.18717,
    "h": 2.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC497E

secondary

#A3DEC9

accent

#EBAC3D

background

#FFF8FA

surface

#FEF0F3

border

#D6CBCD

text

#170C0F

muted

#857D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC497E

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

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