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#dacccb

a light, soft red · warm · closest name: Light Gray

Token name suggestion: Meadow Ember

RGB
218, 204, 203
HSL
4°, 17%, 83%
CMYK
0, 6, 7, 15
Luminance
0.6240

#dacccb is a light soft red, 4° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.48:1). As text it scores 1.56:1 on white — use #946C69 instead. Nearest name is Light Gray, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(4 17% 83%)rgb(218 204 203)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dacccb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dacccb
Hue
red
Saturation
17%
soft
Lightness
83%
light
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6240
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.48:1
Closest name
Light Gray
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
5.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.856
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 28.9
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue4° of 360°
Saturation17%
Lightness83%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dacccb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green69%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#dacccb
HEX (8-digit)#dacccbff
RGBrgb(218, 204, 203)
RGBArgba(218, 204, 203, 1)
HSLhsl(4, 17%, 83%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4, 7%, 85%)
HWBhwb(4 80% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 7%, 15%)
LABlab(83.1 4.7 2.2)
LCHlch(83.1 5.2 25.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.856 0.016 22.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(61.28, 62.40, 65.30)
Decimal14339275
Display P3color(display-p3 0.855 0.800 0.796)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dacccb;
background-color: #dacccb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dacccb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dacccb] bg-[#dacccb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dacccb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.800, blue: 0.796)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.800, blue: 0.796, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DACCCB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDACCCB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDACCCB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(203, 204, 218)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(218, 204, 203)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(218, 204, 203)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 204, 203)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8549f, 0.8000f, 0.7961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{218,204,203}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dacccb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dacccb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4B3635, #E6DCDB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dacccb h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F8F6F6;
  --brand-100: #F2EEEE;
  --brand-200: #dacccb;
  --brand-300: #D0BFBD;
  --brand-400: #B99F9D;
  --brand-500: #A27E7C;
  --brand-600: #8F6866;
  --brand-700: #775755;
  --brand-800: #5F4644;
  --brand-900: #473534;
  --brand-950: #2C2120;
  --brand: #dacccb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F6F6;
  --brand-border: #DDD0CF;
  --brand-hover: #CBB7B6;
  --brand-pressed: #BCA3A1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #211817;
    --brand-ink: #E6DCDB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F6F6',
        100: '#F2EEEE',
        200: '#dacccb',
        300: '#D0BFBD',
        400: '#B99F9D',
        500: '#A27E7C',
        600: '#8F6866',
        700: '#775755',
        800: '#5F4644',
        900: '#473534',
        950: '#2C2120',
        DEFAULT: '#dacccb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F6F6,
  '100': #F2EEEE,
  '200': #dacccb,
  '300': #D0BFBD,
  '400': #B99F9D,
  '500': #A27E7C,
  '600': #8F6866,
  '700': #775755,
  '800': #5F4644,
  '900': #473534,
  '950': #2C2120,
);
$brand-base: #dacccb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F6F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2EEEE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#dacccb", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D0BFBD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B99F9D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A27E7C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8F6866", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#775755", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5F4644", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#473534", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2C2120", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #dacccb · 13.48:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.56:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.48:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dacccb as text scores 1.56:1 on white and 13.48:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4B3635 at 7.18:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#946C69 · 4.56:1
AA on white−33% L
#946C69
The quick fox
#6D4F4D · 7.30:1
AAA on white−46% L
#6D4F4D
The quick fox
#dacccb · 13.48:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dacccb
The quick fox
#dacccb · 13.48:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dacccb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #AB8C89 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#dacccb on white: 1.56:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dacccb on black: 13.48:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dacccb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dacccb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.56:1AaAa
Slate 501.49:1AaAa
Slate 1001.42:1AaAa
Slate 2001.26:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.65:1AaAa
Slate 5003.05:1AaAa
Slate 6004.86:1AaAa
Slate 7006.65:1AaAa
Slate 8009.39:1AaAa
Slate 90011.46:1AaAa
Black13.48:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CECECB
deuteranopia · #D2D0CB
tritanopia · #DECBCC

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #dacccb is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8F6F6
#F2EEEE
#dacccb
#D0BFBD
#B99F9D
#A27E7C
#8F6866
#775755
#5F4644
#473534
#2C2120
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F8F6F6Darkest = 950 · #2C2120Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.004 22.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.006 22.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.009 22.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.012 22.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.014 22.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.016 22.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.016 22.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.015 22.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.013 22.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.011 22.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.009 22.4);
}

Colors that work with #dacccb

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9F6F6
Tinted page background
Border#DDD0CF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#86625F
Captions on the surface
Accent#507C73
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4B3635
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F0F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#211817
Dark-mode background
Hover#CBB7B6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BCA3A1
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E6D5D3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #dacccb

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #4B3635
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #AB8C89

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight18/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CBD9DA
Analogous left#DACBD1
Analogous right#DAD3CB
Split-complement 1#CBDAD3
Split-complement 2#CBD1DA
Triadic 1#CBDACC
Triadic 2#CCCBDA
Tetradic#D1DACB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°4°

#dacccb sits at 4°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green80.0%
Blue79.6%
R · 0–255
218
0xda
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
203
0xcb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta6.4%
Yellow6.9%
Key (black)14.5%

Total ink coverage is 28%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dacccb text on a black background

contrast 13.48:1

Card sample

#dacccb text on a white background

contrast 1.56:1

Card sample

#dacccb on grey

1.42:1

#dacccb on its own surface

1.45:1

#dacccb on its dark surface

11.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dacccb;
Background color
Panel with #dacccb background
background-color: #dacccb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dacccb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 204, 203, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 204, 203, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dacccb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dacccb, #DAD6CB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dacccb, #DADACB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dacccb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dacccb;
caret-color: #dacccb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dacccb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F0F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dacccb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dacccb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dacccb over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(218, 204, 203, 0.5)
rgb(218 204 203 / 50%)
#dacccb80
hsl(4 17% 83% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dacccb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dacccb1a#FBFAFA
20%#dacccb33#F8F5F5
40%#dacccb66#F0EBEA
60%#dacccb99#E9E0E0
80%#dacccbcc#E1D6D5

Gradients from #dacccb

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3EFEF, #dacccb 45%, #4B3635);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dacccb, #CDC9B9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dacccb, #CBD9DA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F9F6F6 0%, #dacccb 45%, #4B3635 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F6F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EFE9EC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E7E3DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4B3635 0%, transparent 65%), #dacccb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dacccb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#dacccb in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.48:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#dacccb, answered

What color is #dacccb?

#dacccb is a light soft red, closest to Light Gray (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 4° on the hue wheel with 17% saturation and 83% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #dacccb?

rgb(218, 204, 203) — 218 red, 204 green and 203 blue out of 255, or 85.5% / 80% / 79.6% by channel.

What is #dacccb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(4, 17%, 83%) and hsv(4, 7%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dacccb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6240 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 13.48:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dacccb?

Black. It scores 13.48:1 against #dacccb, versus 1.56:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dacccb accessible on a white background?

#dacccb on white scores 1.56:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #946C69 to reach 4.5:1, or #6D4F4D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dacccb?

#CBD9DA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CBDAD3 and #CBD1DA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dacccb?

For interface work: #F9F6F6 as the surface, #DDD0CF for borders, #86625F for secondary text, #507C73 as an accent and #4B3635 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DACBD1 and #DAD3CB stays calm, while #CBD9DA is the loudest partner.

What is #dacccb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 6%, 7%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dacccb warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DAD1CB; nudged cooler, #DBCACF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dacccb?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 28.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dacccb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dacccb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dacccb] or text-[#dacccb], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #dacccb with 50% opacity?

rgba(218, 204, 203, 0.5), or #dacccb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDE6E5; over black, #6D6666.

Is #dacccb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 6.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dacccb mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #dacccb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3EFEF, #dacccb 45%, #4B3635). For more colour, a short hue run to #CDC9B9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dacccb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dacccb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.