HEX atlas value

#DCC7C6

#DCC7C6 is a warm red HEX color close to Limestone. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 220, 199, 198, HSL 3, 24%, 82%, has luminance 0.6014, and belongs to the muted group.

red warm muted

#DCC7C6 Sample readable text

HEX #DCC7C6

RGB rgb(220, 199, 198)

HSL hsl(3 24% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 10, 10, 14)

Luminance 0.6014

Contrast Black 13.03:1White 1.61:1

CSS

--color-dcc7c6: #DCC7C6;
.background-dcc7c6 { background-color: #DCC7C6; }
.text-dcc7c6 { color: #DCC7C6; }

Luminance0.6014

Black text13.03:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA 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":"#DCC7C6","rgb":[220,199,198],"hsl":[3,24,82],"cmyk":[0,10,10,14],"luminance":0.6014,"contrast":{"black":13.03,"white":1.61}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.03,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.61,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C6DBDC","hex":"#C6DBDC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.57,"contrastWhite":1.44,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#DCD2C6","hex":"#DCD2C6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.08,"contrastWhite":1.49,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Grey","hex":"#D3D3D3","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.03,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.94,"contrastWhite":1.51,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","muted","muted red","Limestone adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dcc7c6.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/limestone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-gray.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C6DBDC","analogous":["#DCC6D0","#DCD2C6"],"triadic":["#C6DCC7","#C7C6DC"],"tetradic":["#D0DCC6","#C6DBDC","#D2C6DC"],"splitComplementary":["#C6DCD2","#C6D0DC"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DCC7C6","#B98F8D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#B98F8D","saturated":"#E6BEBC","desaturated":"#D2D0D0","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFCFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":11.874342087037917},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":14.866068747318506},{"slug":"light-gray","name":"Light Gray","hex":"#D3D3D3","distance":19.849433241279208},{"slug":"light-grey","name":"Light Grey","hex":"#D3D3D3","distance":19.849433241279208},{"slug":"pastel-lavender","name":"Pastel Lavender","hex":"#D8BFD8","distance":20.09975124224178}]

HEX meaning and use

About #DCC7C6

#DCC7C6 is classified as a warm red value with muted visual character. #DCC7C6 is visually closest to Limestone, a named orange color with HEX #D8D2C4.

The RGB channels are 220, 199, and 198, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 3deg with 24% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.6014, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.87, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.03:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DCC7C6 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.03:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.61:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#C6DBDC#000000 text · best 14.57:1#C6DBDC

#DCD2C6#000000 text · best 14.08:1#DCD2C6

Light Grey#000000 text · best 14.03:1#D3D3D3

Limestone#000000 text · best 13.94:1#D8D2C4

Generated Palette

#DCC7C6#DCC7C6

#C6DBDC#C6DBDC

#DCC6D0#DCC6D0

#DCD2C6#DCD2C6

White#FFFFFF

#B98F8D#B98F8D

Color Harmonies

#C6DBDC#C6DBDC

#DCC6D0#DCC6D0

#DCD2C6#DCD2C6

#C6DCC7#C6DCC7

#C7C6DC#C7C6DC

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#B98F8D#B98F8D

#E6BEBC#E6BEBC

#D2D0D0#D2D0D0

White#FFFFFF

#FFCFCC#FFCFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Limestone#D8D2C4

Oat#D8CAB8

Light Gray#D3D3D3

Light Grey#D3D3D3

Pastel Lavender#D8BFD8

#DCC7C6

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #DCC7C6

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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