Rose
#DCA8BC
#DCA8BC is a rose with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.3:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DCA8BC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DCA8BC kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF3F7
- 100 FFE2ED
- 200 F7CBDC
- 300 DCA8BC
- 400 C493A6
- 500 A8778A
- 600 8C5D70
- 700 714658
- 800 583242
- 900 3F202D
- 950 270F1A
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-rose-50: #fff3f7; --color-rose-100: #ffe2ed; --color-rose-200: #f7cbdc; --color-rose-300: #dca8bc; --color-rose-400: #c493a6; --color-rose-500: #a8778a; --color-rose-600: #8c5d70; --color-rose-700: #714658; --color-rose-800: #583242; --color-rose-900: #3f202d; --color-rose-950: #270f1a;}Is #DCA8BC readable?
Contrast for text on #DCA8BC and for #DCA8BC 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 · 2.0APCA Lc 44 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.3APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #99697C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.3APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DCA8BC
Six palettes built around #DCA8BC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DCA8BC · #E28172 · #D982E2 · #FFD4C0 · #3D2B33
- Complementary#DCA8BC · #009975 · #00B29C · #FFBFDD · #2E2226
- Split complementary#DCA8BC · #76AC70 · #00CADB · #FFDDE7 · #362D30
- Triadic#DCA8BC · #C6B05C · #00B1E1 · #FFC6DF · #261D22
- Tetradic#DCA8BC · #D5AB3E · #00BC8C · #D3E5FF · #302326
- Monochromatic#DCA8BC · #D884A2 · #FF92BA · #FFE2EE · #302427
#DCA8BC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DCA8BC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3F7
- Brand 100, #FFE2ED
- Brand 200, #F7CBDC
- Brand 300, #DCA8BC
- Brand 400, #C493A6
- Brand 500, #A8778A
- Brand 600, #8C5D70
- Brand 700, #714658
- Brand 800, #583242
- Brand 900, #3F202D
- Brand 950, #270F1A
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F6F3F4
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E5
- Neutral 300, #D8D2D4
- Neutral 400, #A79EA1
- Neutral 500, #7A7074
- Neutral 600, #5B5155
- Neutral 700, #463E41
- Neutral 800, #2D2628
- Neutral 900, #1D1618
- Neutral 950, #0E080A
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- 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, #EAA554
- 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 9.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.8:1.
- 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 #DCA8BC
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.