#DC978A#DC978A

#DC978A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.086 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC978A
RGB	rgb(220, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(10, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 24.30, 17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 29.86, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0737 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.086 31)
XYZ	xyz(45.1710, 39.1869, 29.2245)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC978A #8ACFDC

analogous

#DC8AA6 #DC978A #DCC08A

triadic

#DC978A #8ADC97 #978ADC

tetradic

#DC978A #A6DC8A #8ACFDC #C08ADC

square

#DC978A #A6DC8A #8ACFDC #C08ADC

split-complementary

#DC978A #8ADCC0 #8AA6DC

monochromatic

#B54A36 #CE6D5B #DC978A #EAC1B9 #F8EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#DC978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC978A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC978A	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.086 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b6ac',
    500: '#dc978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc978a;
$custom-light: #e9b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.512,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.39184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC978A

secondary

#D6E9EC

accent

#A8C124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC978A

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

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