#DD9985#DD9985

#DD9985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.087 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9985
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 23.03, 20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 31.02, 42.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0696 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.087 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4455, 39.8512, 27.4842)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9985 #85C9DD

analogous

#DD859D #DD9985 #DDC585

triadic

#DD9985 #85DD99 #9985DD

tetradic

#DD9985 #9DDD85 #85C9DD #C585DD

square

#DD9985 #9DDD85 #85C9DD #C585DD

split-complementary

#DD9985 #85DDC5 #859DDD

monochromatic

#B55032 #D07155 #DD9985 #EAC1B5 #F8E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DD9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9985

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9985	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.087 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7a8',
    500: '#dd9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9985;
$custom-light: #eab7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74458,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9985

secondary

#D2E6EC

accent

#9FC422

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9985

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

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