#DCA8A6#DCA8A6

#DCA8A6 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.062 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA8A6
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(2, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 24.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 18.80, 8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 20.61, 24.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% 0.0575 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.062 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4015, 45.9765, 42.2885)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA8A6 #A6DADC

analogous

#DCA6BF #DCA8A6 #DCC3A6

triadic

#DCA8A6 #A6DCA8 #A8A6DC

tetradic

#DCA8A6 #BFDCA6 #A6DADC #C3A6DC

square

#DCA8A6 #BFDCA6 #A6DADC #C3A6DC

split-complementary

#DCA8A6 #A6DCC3 #A6BFDC

monochromatic

#B9524E #CB7D7A #DCA8A6 #EDD3D2 #F6EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DCA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA8A6

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA8A6	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.062 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c2c0',
    500: '#dca8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca8a6;
$custom-light: #e8c2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77896,
    "c": 0.06164,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA8A6

secondary

#DEEDED

accent

#B2B72F

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F7

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161212

muted

#848181

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA8A6

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

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