#DCB9BE#DCB9BE

#DCB9BE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.041 H 8.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB9BE
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(351, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(351, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 13.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, 13.32, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 13.50, 9.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% 0.0403 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.041 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1581, 53.6329, 56.0992)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB9BE #B9DCD7

analogous

#DCB9D0 #DCB9BE #DCC6B9

triadic

#DCB9BE #BEDCB9 #B9BEDC

tetradic

#DCB9BE #D0DCB9 #B9DCD7 #C6B9DC

square

#DCB9BE #D0DCB9 #B9DCD7 #C6B9DC

split-complementary

#DCB9BE #B9DCC6 #B9D0DC

monochromatic

#B36772 #C89098 #DCB9BE #F0E2E4 #F5EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DCB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB9BE

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB9BE	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.041 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ced1',
    500: '#dcb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb9be;
$custom-light: #e7ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81754,
    "c": 0.04071,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB9BE

secondary

#86B4AD

accent

#AC9C39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFB

border

#D5D3D4

text

#161314

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB9BE

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

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