#DC9596#DC9596

#DC9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.086 H 18.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9596
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(359, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 26.86, 10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 28.80, 21.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0816 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.086 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7691, 38.9156, 33.9490)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9596 #95DCDB

analogous

#DC95BA #DC9596 #DCB895

triadic

#DC9596 #96DC95 #9596DC

tetradic

#DC9596 #BADC95 #95DCDB #B895DC

square

#DC9596 #BADC95 #95DCDB #B895DC

split-complementary

#DC9596 #95DCB8 #95BADC

monochromatic

#B93D3F #CD6768 #DC9596 #EBC3C4 #F7E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DC9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DC9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9596

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9596	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.086 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b4b4',
    500: '#dc9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9596;
$custom-light: #e8b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.155,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.08602,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9596

secondary

#DDEEEE

accent

#BEBC28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9596

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

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