#DC9B8A#DC9B8A

#DC9B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.082 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9B8A
RGB	rgb(220, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(12, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 22.15, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 28.95, 40.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0672 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.082 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8257, 40.4963, 29.4427)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9B8A #8ACBDC

analogous

#DC8AA2 #DC9B8A #DCC48A

triadic

#DC9B8A #8ADC9B #9B8ADC

tetradic

#DC9B8A #A2DC8A #8ACBDC #C48ADC

square

#DC9B8A #A2DC8A #8ACBDC #C48ADC

split-complementary

#DC9B8A #8ADCC4 #8AA2DC

monochromatic

#B55136 #CE735B #DC9B8A #EAC3B9 #F8EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DC9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#DC9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9B8A

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9B8A	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.082 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b8ac',
    500: '#dc9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9b8a;
$custom-light: #e9b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.439,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7482,
    "c": 0.08228,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9B8A

secondary

#D6E8EC

accent

#A1C124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9B8A

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

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