#DC9986#DC9986

#DC9986 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.086 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9986
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 22.76, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 30.35, 41.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0688 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.086 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2113, 39.7224, 27.8356)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9986 #86C9DC

analogous

#DC869E #DC9986 #DCC486

triadic

#DC9986 #86DC99 #9986DC

tetradic

#DC9986 #9EDC86 #86C9DC #C486DC

square

#DC9986 #9EDC86 #86C9DC #C486DC

split-complementary

#DC9986 #86DCC4 #869EDC

monochromatic

#B45034 #CE7157 #DC9986 #EAC1B5 #F7E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DC9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9986

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9986	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)

#A9A185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.086 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a9',
    500: '#dc9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9986;
$custom-light: #e9b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.256,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9986

secondary

#D3E6EB

accent

#9FC323

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9986

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

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