#DD9983#DD9983

#DD9983 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.088 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9983
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 40.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 22.81, 21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 31.57, 43.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0688 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.088 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3087, 39.7965, 26.7634)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9983 #83C7DD

analogous

#DD839A #DD9983 #DDC683

triadic

#DD9983 #83DD99 #9983DD

tetradic

#DD9983 #9ADD83 #83C7DD #C683DD

square

#DD9983 #9ADD83 #83C7DD #C683DD

split-complementary

#DD9983 #83DDC6 #839ADD

monochromatic

#B45131 #D07153 #DD9983 #EAC1B3 #F7E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DD9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9983

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9983	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.088 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7a7',
    500: '#dd9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9983;
$custom-light: #eab7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9983

secondary

#D1E5EB

accent

#9DC521

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9983

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

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