#DCA0AE#DCA0AE

#DCA0AE is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.073 H 3.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA0AE
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(346, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(346, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 24.29, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 24.34, 3.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0732 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.073 3.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7265, 43.4157, 45.7970)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA0AE #A0DCCE

analogous

#DCA0CC #DCA0AE #DCB0A0

triadic

#DCA0AE #AEDCA0 #A0AEDC

tetradic

#DCA0AE #CCDCA0 #A0DCCE #B0A0DC

square

#DCA0AE #CCDCA0 #A0DCCE #B0A0DC

split-complementary

#DCA0AE #A0DCB0 #A0CCDC

monochromatic

#BB4762 #CC7388 #DCA0AE #ECCDD4 #F7E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#DCA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA0AE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA0AE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.073 3.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bcc6',
    500: '#dca0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca0ae;
$custom-light: #e8bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76653,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 3.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA0AE

secondary

#DDEEEA

accent

#B9982C

background

#FEFBFC

surface

#FDF6F8

border

#D5D0D1

text

#161213

muted

#848182

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA0AE

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

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