#DC978E#DC978E

#DC978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.085 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC978E
RGB	rgb(220, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(7, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 24.78, 15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 29.10, 31.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0753 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.085 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4659, 39.3049, 30.7779)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC978E #8ED3DC

analogous

#DC8EAC #DC978E #DCBE8E

triadic

#DC978E #8EDC97 #978EDC

tetradic

#DC978E #ACDC8E #8ED3DC #BE8EDC

square

#DC978E #ACDC8E #8ED3DC #BE8EDC

split-complementary

#DC978E #8EDCBE #8EACDC

monochromatic

#B74739 #CE6C5F #DC978E #EAC2BD #F8E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#DC978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC978E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC978E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.085 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b6af',
    500: '#dc978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc978e;
$custom-light: #e9b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC978E

secondary

#D9EBED

accent

#AEC025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC978E

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

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