#DC857E#DC857E

#DC857E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC857E
RGB	rgb(220, 133, 126)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(4, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 32.58, 18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 37.26, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0981 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.108 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6708, 33.5006, 24.0062)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC857E #7ED5DC

analogous

#DC7EA6 #DC857E #DCB47E

triadic

#DC857E #7EDC85 #857EDC

tetradic

#DC857E #A6DC7E #7ED5DC #B47EDC

square

#DC857E #A6DC7E #7ED5DC #B47EDC

split-complementary

#DC857E #7EDCB4 #7EA6DC

monochromatic

#B03930 #CF574E #DC857E #E9B3AE #F6E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DC857E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#DC857E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC857E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC857E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC857E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED7A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc857e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 133, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa9a3',
    500: '#dc857e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc857e;
$custom-light: #eaa9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc857e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.468,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC857E

secondary

#CCE7E9

accent

#B9C521

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F3

border

#D5CECD

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC857E

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

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