#DC8499#DC8499

#DC8499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 4.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8499
RGB	rgb(220, 132, 153)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(346, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 36.32, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 36.48, 5.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.11 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.11 4.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5177, 34.0214, 34.4056)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8499 #84DCC7

analogous

#DC84C5 #DC8499 #DC9B84

triadic

#DC8499 #99DC84 #8499DC

tetradic

#DC8499 #C5DC84 #84DCC7 #9B84DC

square

#DC8499 #C5DC84 #84DCC7 #9B84DC

split-complementary

#DC8499 #84DC9B #84C5DC

monochromatic

#B33351 #CE5471 #DC8499 #EAB4C1 #F7E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DC8499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#DC8499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8499

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8499	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA7D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 132, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 4.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9a9b7',
    500: '#dc8499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8499;
$custom-light: #e9a9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.682,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 4.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8499

secondary

#D1EBE5

accent

#C39D22

background

#FEFAFB

surface

#FDF4F6

border

#D5CED0

text

#161011

muted

#847F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8499

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

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