#D9959E#D9959E

#D9959E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.083 H 10.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9959E
RGB	rgb(217, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(352, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(352, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 27.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 26.81, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 27.41, 11.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0813 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.083 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5353, 38.7180, 37.4160)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9959E #95D9D0

analogous

#D995C0 #D9959E #D9AE95

triadic

#D9959E #9ED995 #959ED9

tetradic

#D9959E #C0D995 #95D9D0 #AE95D9

square

#D9959E #C0D995 #95D9D0 #AE95D9

split-complementary

#D9959E #95D9AE #95C0D9

monochromatic

#B34050 #C96875 #D9959E #E9C2C7 #F7E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#D9959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#D9959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9959E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9959E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E58F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.083 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b4ba',
    500: '#d9959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9959e;
$custom-light: #e6b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.059,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9959E

secondary

#DCEEEB

accent

#BAA72B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FCF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9959E

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

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