#DCA494#DCA494

#DCA494 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.071 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA494
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(13, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(13, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 18.52, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 24.73, 41.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0568 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.071 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1373, 43.9074, 33.9507)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA494 #94CCDC

analogous

#DC94A8 #DCA494 #DCC894

triadic

#DCA494 #94DCA4 #A494DC

tetradic

#DCA494 #A8DC94 #94CCDC #C894DC

square

#DCA494 #A8DC94 #94CCDC #C894DC

split-complementary

#DCA494 #94DCC8 #94A8DC

monochromatic

#B9583D #CD7D66 #DCA494 #EBCBC2 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#DCA494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA494

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA494	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.071 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bfb3',
    500: '#dca494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca494;
$custom-light: #e8bfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76705,
    "c": 0.07066,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA494

secondary

#DCEBEF

accent

#9DBE27

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA494

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

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