#DD8974#DD8974

#DD8974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8974
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 29.82, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 38.78, 39.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0887 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.108 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9192, 34.5281, 20.9764)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8974 #74C8DD

analogous

#DD7493 #DD8974 #DDBD74

triadic

#DD8974 #74DD89 #8974DD

tetradic

#DD8974 #93DD74 #74C8DD #BD74DD

square

#DD8974 #93DD74 #74C8DD #BD74DD

split-complementary

#DD8974 #74DDBD #7493DD

monochromatic

#AC442A #D15F43 #DD8974 #E9B3A5 #F5DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DD8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8974

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8974	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)

#9D9472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac9c',
    500: '#dd8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8974;
$custom-light: #ebac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8974

secondary

#C5E1E8

accent

#A6C81D

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8974

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

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