#DCAEAE#DCAEAE

#DCAEAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.054 H 18.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAEAE
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(0, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 16.74, 6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 17.92, 20.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0512 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.054 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2916, 48.5459, 46.6520)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAEAE #AEDCDC

analogous

#DCAEC5 #DCAEAE #DCC5AE

triadic

#DCAEAE #AEDCAE #AEAEDC

tetradic

#DCAEAE #C5DCAE #AEDCDC #C5AEDC

square

#DCAEAE #C5DCAE #AEDCDC #C5AEDC

split-complementary

#DCAEAE #AEDCC5 #AEC5DC

monochromatic

#B75959 #CA8383 #DCAEAE #EED9D9 #F6EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DCAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAEAE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAEAE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.054 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c6c6',
    500: '#dcaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaeae;
$custom-light: #e7c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79229,
    "c": 0.05391,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAEAE

secondary

#DEEDED

accent

#B3B333

background

#FEFCFC

surface

#FCF8F8

border

#D5D1D1

text

#161313

muted

#848282

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAEAE

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

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