#DD9499#DD9499

#DD9499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.089 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9499
RGB	rgb(221, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(356, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 28.16, 8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 29.47, 17.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0855 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.089 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1598, 38.8549, 35.1993)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9499 #94DDD8

analogous

#DD94BE #DD9499 #DDB394

triadic

#DD9499 #99DD94 #9499DD

tetradic

#DD9499 #BEDD94 #94DDD8 #B394DD

square

#DD9499 #BEDD94 #94DDD8 #B394DD

split-complementary

#DD9499 #94DDB3 #94BEDD

monochromatic

#BB3B44 #CE666D #DD9499 #ECC2C5 #F8E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD9499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#DD9499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9499

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9499	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.089 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b4b7',
    500: '#dd9499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9499;
$custom-light: #e9b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.89,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74048,
    "c": 0.08851,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9499

secondary

#DCEFED

accent

#BFB526

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9499

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

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