#D8856B#D8856B

#D8856B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8856B
RGB	rgb(216, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(14, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 50.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 29.14, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 40.04, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.086 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.109 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3627, 32.4390, 18.0953)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8856B #6BBED8

analogous

#D86B87 #D8856B #D8BB6B

triadic

#D8856B #6BD885 #856BD8

tetradic

#D8856B #87D86B #6BBED8 #BB6BD8

square

#D8856B #87D86B #6BBED8 #BB6BD8

split-complementary

#D8856B #6BD8BB #6B87D8

monochromatic

#9F462A #CB5D3B #D8856B #E5AD9B #F2D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#D8856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#D8856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8856B

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8856B	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7a995',
    500: '#d8856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8856b;
$custom-light: #e7a995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.312,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69807,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8856B

secondary

#BCDAE3

accent

#9EC620

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F1

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8856B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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