HEX atlas value

#DC9189

#DC9189 is a warm red HEX color nearest Salmon Rose. RGB 220, 145, 137, HSL 6° 54% 70%, luminance 0.3727; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#DC9189 Sample readable text

HEX #DC9189

RGB rgb(220, 145, 137)

HSL hsl(6 54% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 34, 38, 14)

Luminance 0.3727

Contrast Black 8.45:1White 2.48:1

CSS

--color-dc9189: #DC9189;
.background-dc9189 { background-color: #DC9189; }
.text-dc9189 { color: #DC9189; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DC9189

#DC9189 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #DC9189 is visually closest to Salmon Rose, a named red color with HEX #E7968B.

The RGB channels are 220, 145, and 137, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 6deg with 54% saturation and 70% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.3727, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 12.25, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.45:1AA Pass

White text2.48:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DC9189 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.45:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.48:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F1D3D0#F1D3D0 · #000000 text · best 14.97:1 #89D4DC#89D4DC · #000000 text · best 12.51:1 #DCBB89#DCBB89 · #000000 text · best 11.51:1 Salmon Rose#E7968B · #000000 text · best 9.13:1 Dark Salmon#E9967A · #000000 text · best 9.11:1

Generated Palette

#DC9189#DC9189

#89D4DC#89D4DC

#DC89AA#DC89AA

#DCBB89#DCBB89

#F1D3D0#F1D3D0

#C75043#C75043

Color Harmonies

#89D4DC#89D4DC

#DC89AA#DC89AA

#DCBB89#DCBB89

#89DC91#89DC91

#9189DC#9189DC

Variants

#F1D3D0#F1D3D0

#C75043#C75043

#ED8478#ED8478

#CB9F9A#CB9F9A

#F7EEED#F7EEED

#FF9A8F#FF9A8F

Nearest Named Colors

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Light Coral#F08080

Rosy Brown#BC8F8F

Dusty Rose#C08081

Luminance0.3727

Black text8.45:1AA Pass

White text2.48:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DC9189","rgb":[220,145,137],"hsl":[6,54,70],"cmyk":[0,34,38,14],"luminance":0.3727,"contrast":{"black":8.45,"white":2.48}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.45,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.48,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F1D3D0","hex":"#F1D3D0","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.97,"contrastWhite":1.4,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#89D4DC","hex":"#89D4DC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.51,"contrastWhite":1.68,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#DCBB89","hex":"#DCBB89","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.51,"contrastWhite":1.82,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.13,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.11,"contrastWhite":2.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Salmon Rose adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dc9189.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#89D4DC","analogous":["#DC89AA","#DCBB89"],"triadic":["#89DC91","#9189DC"],"tetradic":["#AADC89","#89D4DC","#BB89DC"],"splitComplementary":["#89DCBB","#89AADC"],"monochromatic":["#F1D3D0","#DC9189","#C75043"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F1D3D0","dark":"#C75043","saturated":"#ED8478","desaturated":"#CB9F9A","pastel":"#F7EEED","neon":"#FF9A8F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":12.24744871391589},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":20.46948949045872},{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":27.748873851023216},{"slug":"rosy-brown","name":"Rosy Brown","hex":"#BC8F8F","distance":32.61901286060018},{"slug":"dusty-rose","name":"Dusty Rose","hex":"#C08081","distance":33.71943060017473}]

#DC9189

CSS

About #DC9189

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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