#DD8480#DD8480

#DD8480 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8480
RGB	rgb(221, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(3, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 42.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 33.70, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 37.70, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.1016 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.11 23)
XYZ	xyz(41.9685, 33.4368, 24.6615)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8480 #80D9DD

analogous

#DD80AA #DD8480 #DDB280

triadic

#DD8480 #80DD84 #8480DD

tetradic

#DD8480 #AADD80 #80D9DD #B280DD

square

#DD8480 #AADD80 #80D9DD #B280DD

split-complementary

#DD8480 #80DDB2 #80AADD

monochromatic

#B33530 #D05550 #DD8480 #EAB3B0 #F7E2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DD8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#DD8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8480

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8480	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97927F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa9a4',
    500: '#dd8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8480;
$custom-light: #eaa9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.581,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70693,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.33433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8480

secondary

#CEE9EA

accent

#BEC520

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8480

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

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