#DC9EA3#DC9EA3

#DC9EA3 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.074 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9EA3
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(355, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(355, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 25.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 23.77, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 24.67, 15.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0722 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.074 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3538, 42.3164, 40.2642)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9EA3 #9EDCD7

analogous

#DC9EC2 #DC9EA3 #DCB89E

triadic

#DC9EA3 #A3DC9E #9EA3DC

tetradic

#DC9EA3 #C2DC9E #9EDCD7 #B89EDC

square

#DC9EA3 #C2DC9E #9EDCD7 #B89EDC

split-complementary

#DC9EA3 #9EDCB8 #9EC2DC

monochromatic

#BC444E #CC7178 #DC9EA3 #ECCBCE #F7E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DC9EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#DC9EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9EA3

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9EA3	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E898A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.074 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bbbe',
    500: '#dc9ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9ea3;
$custom-light: #e8bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.161,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9EA3

secondary

#DDEEED

accent

#BAAF2B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161212

muted

#848181

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9EA3

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

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