#DD978D#DD978D

#DD978D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.086 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD978D
RGB	rgb(221, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(8, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 25.04, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 29.69, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.076 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.086 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6948, 39.4316, 30.3985)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD978D #8DD3DD

analogous

#DD8DAB #DD978D #DDBF8D

triadic

#DD978D #8DDD97 #978DDD

tetradic

#DD978D #ABDD8D #8DD3DD #BF8DDD

square

#DD978D #ABDD8D #8DD3DD #BF8DDD

split-complementary

#DD978D #8DDDBF #8DABDD

monochromatic

#B94737 #CF6C5E #DD978D #EBC2BC #F8E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#DD978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD978D

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD978D	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.086 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b6ae',
    500: '#dd978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd978d;
$custom-light: #e9b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74279,
    "c": 0.08631,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD978D

secondary

#D8EBEE

accent

#AEC224

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD978D

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

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