#DC856E#DC856E

#DC856E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC856E
RGB	rgb(220, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(13, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 30.99, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 40.85, 40.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0917 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.113 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7197, 33.1202, 18.9971)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC856E #6EC5DC

analogous

#DC6E8E #DC856E #DCBC6E

triadic

#DC856E #6EDC85 #856EDC

tetradic

#DC856E #8EDC6E #6EC5DC #BC6EDC

square

#DC856E #8EDC6E #6EC5DC #BC6EDC

split-complementary

#DC856E #6EDCBC #6E8EDC

monochromatic

#A74328 #D05C3D #DC856E #E8AE9F #F4D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#DC856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#DC856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC856E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC856E	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A916C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa997',
    500: '#dc856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc856e;
$custom-light: #eaa997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70357,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC856E

secondary

#C0DEE6

accent

#A5C91D

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC856E

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

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