#DCBDB5#DCBDB5

#DCBDB5 is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.037 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBDB5
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(12, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(12, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 17.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, 9.77, 8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 12.70, 39.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% 0.0307 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.037 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0532, 54.9487, 51.3605)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBDB5 #B5D4DC

analogous

#DCB5C0 #DCBDB5 #DCD0B5

triadic

#DCBDB5 #B5DCBD #BDB5DC

tetradic

#DCBDB5 #C0DCB5 #B5D4DC #D0B5DC

square

#DCBDB5 #C0DCB5 #B5D4DC #D0B5DC

split-complementary

#DCBDB5 #B5DCD0 #B5C0DC

monochromatic

#B57362 #C8988B #DCBDB5 #F0E2DF #F5ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DCBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBDB5

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBDB5	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.037 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d0cb',
    500: '#dcbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbdb5;
$custom-light: #e7d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.308,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82277,
    "c": 0.03738,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBDB5

secondary

#81A9B4

accent

#96AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBDB5

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

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