#DCB9BC#DCB9BC

#DCB9BC is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.040 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB9BC
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(355, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(355, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 14.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 13.00, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 13.38, 13.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% 0.0395 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.04 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9410, 53.5460, 54.9558)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB9BC #B9DCD9

analogous

#DCB9CE #DCB9BC #DCC8B9

triadic

#DCB9BC #BCDCB9 #B9BCDC

tetradic

#DCB9BC #CEDCB9 #B9DCD9 #C8B9DC

square

#DCB9BC #CEDCB9 #B9DCD9 #C8B9DC

split-complementary

#DCB9BC #B9DCC8 #B9CEDC

monochromatic

#B3676E #C89095 #DCB9BC #F0E2E3 #F5EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DCB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB9BC

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB9BC	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.040 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ced0',
    500: '#dcb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb9bc;
$custom-light: #e7ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.04043,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB9BC

secondary

#86B4B0

accent

#ACA239

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFB

border

#D5D3D4

text

#161314

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB9BC

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

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