#DC998E#DC998E

#DC998E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.083 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC998E
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(8, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 23.70, 15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 28.54, 33.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.072 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.083 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7905, 39.9541, 30.8861)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC998E #8ED1DC

analogous

#DC8EAA #DC998E #DCC08E

triadic

#DC998E #8EDC99 #998EDC

tetradic

#DC998E #AADC8E #8ED1DC #C08EDC

square

#DC998E #AADC8E #8ED1DC #C08EDC

split-complementary

#DC998E #8EDCC0 #8EAADC

monochromatic

#B74A39 #CE6F5F #DC998E #EAC3BD #F8EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#DC998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC998E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC998E	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.083 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7af',
    500: '#dc998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc998e;
$custom-light: #e9b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.462,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC998E

secondary

#D9EAED

accent

#AAC025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC998E

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

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