#DC9C8D#DC9C8D

#DC9C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.080 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C8D
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(11, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 21.97, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 28.02, 38.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0668 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.08 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2130, 40.9186, 30.6582)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C8D #8DCDDC

analogous

#DC8DA5 #DC9C8D #DCC38D

triadic

#DC9C8D #8DDC9C #9C8DDC

tetradic

#DC9C8D #A5DC8D #8DCDDC #C38DDC

square

#DC9C8D #A5DC8D #8DCDDC #C38DDC

split-complementary

#DC9C8D #8DDCC3 #8DA5DC

monochromatic

#B75038 #CE735E #DC9C8D #EAC5BC #F8EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DC9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#DC9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C8D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C8D	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.080 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b9ae',
    500: '#dc9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c8d;
$custom-light: #e8b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.392,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75071,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C8D

secondary

#D8E9ED

accent

#A3C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C8D

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

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