#DD9178#DD9178

#DD9178 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.099 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9178
RGB	rgb(221, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 25.94, 25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 36.10, 44.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0774 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.099 39)
XYZ	xyz(43.3366, 36.9825, 22.6215)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9178 #78C4DD

analogous

#DD7892 #DD9178 #DDC378

triadic

#DD9178 #78DD91 #9178DD

tetradic

#DD9178 #92DD78 #78C4DD #C378DD

square

#DD9178 #92DD78 #78C4DD #C378DD

split-complementary

#DD9178 #78DDC3 #7892DD

monochromatic

#AF4C2C #D16947 #DD9178 #E9B9A9 #F6E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#DD9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#DD9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9178

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9178	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.099 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab19f',
    500: '#dd9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9178;
$custom-light: #eab19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.851,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72755,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.36979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9178

secondary

#C8E1E9

accent

#9EC71E

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF5F2

border

#D5CFCC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9178

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

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