#DC9EAD#DC9EAD

#DC9EAD is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.076 H 3.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9EAD
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(345, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(345, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 21.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 25.22, 1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 25.26, 3.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.076 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.076 3.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2855, 42.6890, 45.1709)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9EAD #9EDCCD

analogous

#DC9ECC #DC9EAD #DCAE9E

triadic

#DC9EAD #ADDC9E #9EADDC

tetradic

#DC9EAD #CCDC9E #9EDCCD #AE9EDC

square

#DC9EAD #CCDC9E #9EDCCD #AE9EDC

split-complementary

#DC9EAD #9EDCAE #9ECCDC

monochromatic

#BC4461 #CC7187 #DC9EAD #ECCBD3 #F7E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DC9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#DC9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9EAD

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9EAD	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.076 3.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bbc5',
    500: '#dc9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9ead;
$custom-light: #e8bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.484,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76265,
    "c": 0.0761,
    "h": 3.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9EAD

secondary

#DDEEEA

accent

#BA982B

background

#FEFBFC

surface

#FDF6F8

border

#D5D0D1

text

#161212

muted

#848181

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9EAD

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

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