#DC9EA5#DC9EA5

#DC9EA5 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.074 H 11.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9EA5
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(353, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(353, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 24.05, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 24.68, 13.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.073 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.074 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5345, 42.3886, 41.2154)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9EA5 #9EDCD5

analogous

#DC9EC4 #DC9EA5 #DCB69E

triadic

#DC9EA5 #A5DC9E #9EA5DC

tetradic

#DC9EA5 #C4DC9E #9EDCD5 #B69EDC

square

#DC9EA5 #C4DC9E #9EDCD5 #B69EDC

split-complementary

#DC9EA5 #9EDCB6 #9EC4DC

monochromatic

#BC4452 #CC717B #DC9EA5 #ECCBCF #F7E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DC9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#DC9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9EA5

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9EA5	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E899A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.074 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bbbf',
    500: '#dc9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9ea5;
$custom-light: #e8bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.226,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76039,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9EA5

secondary

#DDEEEC

accent

#BAAA2B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F7

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161212

muted

#848181

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9EA5

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

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