#DC978B#DC978B

#DC978B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.086 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC978B
RGB	rgb(220, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 24.42, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 29.65, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0741 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.086 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2437, 39.2160, 29.6076)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC978B #8BD0DC

analogous

#DC8BA7 #DC978B #DCBF8B

triadic

#DC978B #8BDC97 #978BDC

tetradic

#DC978B #A7DC8B #8BD0DC #BF8BDC

square

#DC978B #A7DC8B #8BD0DC #BF8BDC

split-complementary

#DC978B #8BDCBF #8BA7DC

monochromatic

#B64A37 #CE6D5C #DC978B #EAC1BA #F8EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#DC978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC978B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC978B	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#A6A08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.086 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b6ac',
    500: '#dc978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc978b;
$custom-light: #e9b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC978B

secondary

#D6E9ED

accent

#AAC124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC978B

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

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