#DC9983#DC9983

#DC9983 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.087 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9983
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 40.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 22.42, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 31.17, 44.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0676 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.087 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0050, 39.6399, 26.7492)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9983 #83C6DC

analogous

#DC839A #DC9983 #DCC683

triadic

#DC9983 #83DC99 #9983DC

tetradic

#DC9983 #9ADC83 #83C6DC #C683DC

square

#DC9983 #9ADC83 #83C6DC #C683DC

split-complementary

#DC9983 #83DCC6 #839ADC

monochromatic

#B25232 #CF7253 #DC9983 #E9C0B3 #F7E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#DC9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9983

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9983	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.087 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a7',
    500: '#dc9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9983;
$custom-light: #e9b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.831,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9983

secondary

#D0E4EB

accent

#9CC422

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9983

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

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