#DC9C8A#DC9C8A

#DC9C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C8A
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(13, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 21.61, 18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 28.75, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0656 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.081 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9928, 40.8305, 29.4984)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C8A #8ACADC

analogous

#DC8AA1 #DC9C8A #DCC58A

triadic

#DC9C8A #8ADC9C #9C8ADC

tetradic

#DC9C8A #A1DC8A #8ACADC #C58ADC

square

#DC9C8A #A1DC8A #8ACADC #C58ADC

split-complementary

#DC9C8A #8ADCC5 #8AA1DC

monochromatic

#B55236 #CE745B #DC9C8A #EAC4B9 #F8EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DC9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#DC9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C8A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C8A	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b9ac',
    500: '#dc9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c8a;
$custom-light: #e9b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.171,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75002,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C8A

secondary

#D6E7EC

accent

#9FC124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C8A

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

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