#DCB8BE#DCB8BE

#DCB8BE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.042 H 6.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8BE
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(350, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(350, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 13.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 13.86, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 13.97, 7.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0418 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.042 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9496, 53.2160, 56.0297)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8BE #B8DCD6

analogous

#DCB8D0 #DCB8BE #DCC4B8

triadic

#DCB8BE #BEDCB8 #B8BEDC

tetradic

#DCB8BE #D0DCB8 #B8DCD6 #C4B8DC

square

#DCB8BE #D0DCB8 #B8DCD6 #C4B8DC

split-complementary

#DCB8BE #B8DCC4 #B8D0DC

monochromatic

#B46673 #C88F98 #DCB8BE #F0E1E4 #F5EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#DCB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8BE

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8BE	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.042 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cdd1',
    500: '#dcb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8be;
$custom-light: #e7cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81564,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8BE

secondary

#85B4AC

accent

#AD9939

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFB

border

#D5D3D4

text

#161314

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8BE

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

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