Rose
#DC9EB5
#DC9EB5 is a rose with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 8.6:1. On white it reaches only 2.2:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DC9EB5 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DC9EB5 kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF3F7
- 100 FFE2EC
- 200 FDC8DB
- 300 DC9EB5
- 400 CA8FA5
- 500 AE748A
- 600 915A6F
- 700 764357
- 800 5C2F41
- 900 431D2D
- 950 2A0C19
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-rose-50: #fff3f7; --color-rose-100: #ffe2ec; --color-rose-200: #fdc8db; --color-rose-300: #dc9eb5; --color-rose-400: #ca8fa5; --color-rose-500: #ae748a; --color-rose-600: #915a6f; --color-rose-700: #764357; --color-rose-800: #5c2f41; --color-rose-900: #431d2d; --color-rose-950: #2a0c19;}Is #DC9EB5 readable?
Contrast for text on #DC9EB5 and for #DC9EB5 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.2APCA Lc 48 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 8.6APCA Lc 60 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9F667C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.2APCA Lc 43 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 8.6APCA Lc 59 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #DC9EB5
Six palettes built around #DC9EB5, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DC9EB5 · #CB7269 · #D587E4 · #FFE1D2 · #251D1F
- Complementary#DC9EB5 · #50B1A0 · #00BE92 · #FFC4D4 · #3A2930
- Split complementary#DC9EB5 · #659556 · #00CCE2 · #FFD8E2 · #372F32
- Triadic#DC9EB5 · #97C169 · #2BB3F0 · #FFD6E6 · #291D21
- Tetradic#DC9EB5 · #D1AC56 · #00D3B1 · #C9DFFF · #262022
- Monochromatic#DC9EB5 · #C57091 · #E3759B · #FFC1D2 · #32232A
#DC9EB5 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DC9EB5 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3F7
- Brand 100, #FFE2EC
- Brand 200, #FDC8DB
- Brand 300, #DC9EB5
- Brand 400, #CA8FA5
- Brand 500, #AE748A
- Brand 600, #915A6F
- Brand 700, #764357
- Brand 800, #5C2F41
- Brand 900, #431D2D
- Brand 950, #2A0C19
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F6F3F4
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E5
- Neutral 300, #D8D2D4
- Neutral 400, #A79EA1
- Neutral 500, #7A7074
- Neutral 600, #5B5154
- Neutral 700, #463E40
- Neutral 800, #2D2528
- Neutral 900, #1D1618
- Neutral 950, #0E080A
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #65A457
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #E9A352
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.1:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.1:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #DC9EB5
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.