#DC978D#DC978D

#DC978D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.085 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC978D
RGB	rgb(220, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(8, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 24.66, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 29.27, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0749 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.085 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3912, 39.2750, 30.3842)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC978D #8DD2DC

analogous

#DC8DAA #DC978D #DCBE8D

triadic

#DC978D #8DDC97 #978DDC

tetradic

#DC978D #AADC8D #8DD2DC #BE8DDC

square

#DC978D #AADC8D #8DD2DC #BE8DDC

split-complementary

#DC978D #8DDCBE #8DAADC

monochromatic

#B74838 #CE6C5E #DC978D #EAC2BC #F8EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DC978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC978D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC978D	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.085 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b6ae',
    500: '#dc978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc978d;
$custom-light: #e9b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.595,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC978D

secondary

#D8EAED

accent

#ADC025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC978D

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

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