#D8959E#D8959E

#D8959E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.082 H 10.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8959E
RGB	rgb(216, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(352, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 26.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 26.44, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 27.01, 11.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0802 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.082 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2389, 38.5652, 37.4021)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8959E #95D8CF

analogous

#D895C0 #D8959E #D8AE95

triadic

#D8959E #9ED895 #959ED8

tetradic

#D8959E #C0D895 #95D8CF #AE95D8

square

#D8959E #C0D895 #95D8CF #AE95D8

split-complementary

#D8959E #95D8AE #95C0D8

monochromatic

#B14150 #C86875 #D8959E #E8C2C7 #F7E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D8959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#D8959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8959E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8959E	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E48F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.082 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5b4ba',
    500: '#d8959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8959e;
$custom-light: #e5b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.94,
    "s": 46.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.08152,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8959E

secondary

#DCEDEB

accent

#B9A62C

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FCF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8959E

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

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