#DD8A8A#DD8A8A

#DD8A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A8A
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 31.65, 13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 34.37, 22.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0958 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.102 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4966, 35.3875, 28.5794)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A8A #8ADDDD

analogous

#DD8AB3 #DD8A8A #DDB38A

triadic

#DD8A8A #8ADD8A #8A8ADD

tetradic

#DD8A8A #B3DD8A #8ADDDD #B38ADD

square

#DD8A8A #B3DD8A #8ADDDD #B38ADD

split-complementary

#DD8A8A #8ADDB3 #8AB3DD

monochromatic

#B73535 #CF5B5B #DD8A8A #EBB9B9 #F8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DD8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#DD8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A8A

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A8A	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B978A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaadac',
    500: '#dd8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a8a;
$custom-light: #eaadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71941,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A8A

secondary

#D6EDED

accent

#C2C223

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A8A

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

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