#DC9E8A#DC9E8A

#DC9E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.080 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E8A
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(15, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 20.53, 19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 28.39, 43.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0624 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.08 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3311, 41.5073, 29.6112)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E8A #8AC8DC

analogous

#DC8A9F #DC9E8A #DCC78A

triadic

#DC9E8A #8ADC9E #9E8ADC

tetradic

#DC9E8A #9FDC8A #8AC8DC #C78ADC

square

#DC9E8A #9FDC8A #8AC8DC #C78ADC

split-complementary

#DC9E8A #8ADCC7 #8A9FDC

monochromatic

#B55536 #CE775B #DC9E8A #EAC5B9 #F8EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DC9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#DC9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E8A

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E8A	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.080 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bbac',
    500: '#dc9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e8a;
$custom-light: #e9bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.634,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75369,
    "c": 0.07985,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E8A

secondary

#D6E7EC

accent

#9BC124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E8A

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

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