#DC9987#DC9987

#DC9987 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.085 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9987
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(13, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 22.87, 19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 30.10, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0692 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.085 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2814, 39.7505, 28.2046)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9987 #87CADC

analogous

#DC87A0 #DC9987 #DCC487

triadic

#DC9987 #87DC99 #9987DC

tetradic

#DC9987 #A0DC87 #87CADC #C487DC

square

#DC9987 #A0DC87 #87CADC #C487DC

split-complementary

#DC9987 #87DCC4 #87A0DC

monochromatic

#B45035 #CE7158 #DC9987 #EAC1B6 #F8EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DC9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9987

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9987	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.085 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7aa',
    500: '#dc9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9987;
$custom-light: #e9b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.706,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.08522,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9987

secondary

#D3E6EC

accent

#A1C223

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9987

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

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