#DC9985#DC9985

#DC9985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.086 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9985
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 22.64, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 30.62, 42.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0684 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.086 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1419, 39.6947, 27.4700)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9985 #85C8DC

analogous

#DC859D #DC9985 #DCC585

triadic

#DC9985 #85DC99 #9985DC

tetradic

#DC9985 #9DDC85 #85C8DC #C585DC

square

#DC9985 #9DDC85 #85C8DC #C585DC

split-complementary

#DC9985 #85DCC5 #859DDC

monochromatic

#B35133 #CE7155 #DC9985 #EAC1B5 #F7E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DC9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9985

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9985	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.086 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a8',
    500: '#dc9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9985;
$custom-light: #e9b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.793,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9985

secondary

#D2E5EB

accent

#9EC323

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9985

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

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