#DD8973#DD8973

#DD8973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8973
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 29.72, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 39.05, 40.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0883 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.108 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8614, 34.5049, 20.6718)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8973 #73C7DD

analogous

#DD7392 #DD8973 #DDBE73

triadic

#DD8973 #73DD89 #8973DD

tetradic

#DD8973 #92DD73 #73C7DD #BE73DD

square

#DD8973 #92DD73 #73C7DD #BE73DD

split-complementary

#DD8973 #73DDBE #7392DD

monochromatic

#AC452A #D15F42 #DD8973 #E9B3A4 #F5DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DD8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8973

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8973	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac9b',
    500: '#dd8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8973;
$custom-light: #ebac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.453,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8973

secondary

#C4E0E7

accent

#A5C91D

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8973

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

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