#DCA9AE#DCA9AE

#DCA9AE is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.060 H 12.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA9AE
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(354, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(354, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, 19.43, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 19.98, 13.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% 0.059 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.06 12)
XYZ	xyz(51.3436, 46.6498, 46.3360)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA9AE #A9DCD7

analogous

#DCA9C8 #DCA9AE #DCBEA9

triadic

#DCA9AE #AEDCA9 #A9AEDC

tetradic

#DCA9AE #C8DCA9 #A9DCD7 #BEA9DC

square

#DCA9AE #C8DCA9 #A9DCD7 #BEA9DC

split-complementary

#DCA9AE #A9DCBE #A9C8DC

monochromatic

#B9525C #CA7E85 #DCA9AE #EED4D7 #F6E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DCA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#DCA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA9AE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA9AE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.060 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c2c6',
    500: '#dca9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca9ae;
$custom-light: #e7c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.118,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78297,
    "c": 0.06032,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.46648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA9AE

secondary

#DEEDEC

accent

#B5A830

background

#FEFBFC

surface

#FCF7F8

border

#D5D0D1

text

#161213

muted

#848182

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA9AE

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

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