#DD8D8A#DD8D8A

#DD8D8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.098 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8D8A
RGB	rgb(221, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 30.05, 14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 33.30, 25.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.091 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.098 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9330, 36.2602, 28.7249)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8D8A #8ADADD

analogous

#DD8AB0 #DD8D8A #DDB78A

triadic

#DD8D8A #8ADD8D #8D8ADD

tetradic

#DD8D8A #B0DD8A #8ADADD #B78ADD

square

#DD8D8A #B0DD8A #8ADADD #B78ADD

split-complementary

#DD8D8A #8ADDB7 #8AB0DD

monochromatic

#B73A35 #CF5F5B #DD8D8A #EBBBB9 #F8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#DD8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#DD8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8D8A

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8D8A	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.098 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaafac',
    500: '#dd8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8d8a;
$custom-light: #eaafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.169,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8D8A

secondary

#D6ECED

accent

#BDC223

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8D8A

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

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