#DC856B#DC856B

#DC856B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC856B
RGB	rgb(220, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(14, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 51.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 30.72, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 41.71, 42.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0906 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.114 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5591, 33.0560, 18.1514)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC856B #6BC2DC

analogous

#DC6B8A #DC856B #DCBE6B

triadic

#DC856B #6BDC85 #856BDC

tetradic

#DC856B #8ADC6B #6BC2DC #BE6BDC

square

#DC856B #8ADC6B #6BC2DC #BE6BDC

split-complementary

#DC856B #6BDCBE #6B8ADC

monochromatic

#A54427 #D05C3A #DC856B #E8AE9C #F3D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#DC856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#DC856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC856B

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC856B	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa995',
    500: '#dc856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc856b;
$custom-light: #eaa995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.805,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.703,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC856B

secondary

#BEDCE5

accent

#A2C91C

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F1

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC856B

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

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