#DC9999#DC9999

#DC9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.081 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9999
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 25.10, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 27.07, 21.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0764 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.081 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6575, 40.3009, 35.4522)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9999 #99DCDC

analogous

#DC99BA #DC9999 #DCBA99

triadic

#DC9999 #99DC99 #9999DC

tetradic

#DC9999 #BADC99 #99DCDC #BA99DC

square

#DC9999 #BADC99 #99DCDC #BA99DC

split-complementary

#DC9999 #99DCBA #99BADC

monochromatic

#BB4040 #CC6B6B #DC9999 #ECC7C7 #F7E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#DC9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9999

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9999	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.081 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7b7',
    500: '#dc9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9999;
$custom-light: #e8b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9999

secondary

#DDEEEE

accent

#BCBC29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9999

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

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