#DD9596#DD9596

#DD9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.087 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9596
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(359, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 27.24, 10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 29.22, 21.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0828 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.087 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0727, 39.0721, 33.9633)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9596 #95DDDC

analogous

#DD95BA #DD9596 #DDB895

triadic

#DD9596 #96DD95 #9596DD

tetradic

#DD9596 #BADD95 #95DDDC #B895DD

square

#DD9596 #BADD95 #95DDDC #B895DD

split-complementary

#DD9596 #95DDB8 #95BADD

monochromatic

#BB3C3E #CE6768 #DD9596 #ECC3C4 #F8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DD9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9596

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9596	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.087 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b4b4',
    500: '#dd9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9596;
$custom-light: #e9b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.167,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9596

secondary

#DCEFEE

accent

#BFBD27

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9596

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

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