#DC999E#DC999E

#DC999E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC999E
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(356, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 25.77, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 26.85, 16.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0783 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.081 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0791, 40.4696, 37.6728)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC999E #99DCD7

analogous

#DC99BF #DC999E #DCB599

triadic

#DC999E #9EDC99 #999EDC

tetradic

#DC999E #BFDC99 #99DCD7 #B599DC

square

#DC999E #BFDC99 #99DCD7 #B599DC

split-complementary

#DC999E #99DCB5 #99BFDC

monochromatic

#BB4049 #CC6B73 #DC999E #ECC7C9 #F7E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DC999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DC999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC999E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC999E	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9939B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7ba',
    500: '#dc999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc999e;
$custom-light: #e8b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74953,
    "c": 0.08078,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC999E

secondary

#DDEEED

accent

#BCB129

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC999E

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

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