#D8979E#D8979E

#D8979E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 12.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8979E
RGB	rgb(216, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(354, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 26.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 25.36, 6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 26.10, 13.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.077 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.079 12)
XYZ	xyz(45.5581, 39.2034, 37.5085)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8979E #97D8D1

analogous

#D897BF #D8979E #D8B197

triadic

#D8979E #9ED897 #979ED8

tetradic

#D8979E #BFD897 #97D8D1 #B197D8

square

#D8979E #BFD897 #97D8D1 #B197D8

split-complementary

#D8979E #97D8B1 #97BFD8

monochromatic

#B2434F #C76A74 #D8979E #E9C4C8 #F7E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#D8979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#D8979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8979E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8979E	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5b6ba',
    500: '#d8979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8979e;
$custom-light: #e5b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.538,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.0787,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.39201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8979E

secondary

#DDEEEC

accent

#B9AA2D

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FCF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8979E

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

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