#DC9D8A#DC9D8A

#DC9D8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.081 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D8A
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(14, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 21.07, 19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 28.56, 42.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.064 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.081 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1613, 41.1675, 29.5546)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D8A #8AC9DC

analogous

#DC8AA0 #DC9D8A #DCC68A

triadic

#DC9D8A #8ADC9D #9D8ADC

tetradic

#DC9D8A #A0DC8A #8AC9DC #C68ADC

square

#DC9D8A #A0DC8A #8AC9DC #C68ADC

split-complementary

#DC9D8A #8ADCC6 #8AA0DC

monochromatic

#B55436 #CE765B #DC9D8A #EAC4B9 #F8EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DC9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#DC9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D8A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D8A	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.081 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9baac',
    500: '#dc9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d8a;
$custom-light: #e9baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.902,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D8A

secondary

#D6E7EC

accent

#9DC124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D8A

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

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