#DD9986#DD9986

#DD9986 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.087 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9986
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(13, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 39.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 23.15, 20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 30.76, 41.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.07 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.087 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5149, 39.8790, 27.8498)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9986 #86CADD

analogous

#DD869F #DD9986 #DDC486

triadic

#DD9986 #86DD99 #9986DD

tetradic

#DD9986 #9FDD86 #86CADD #C486DD

square

#DD9986 #9FDD86 #86CADD #C486DD

split-complementary

#DD9986 #86DDC4 #869FDD

monochromatic

#B65033 #D07156 #DD9986 #EAC1B6 #F8EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DD9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9986

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9986	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.087 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7a9',
    500: '#dd9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9986;
$custom-light: #eab7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.103,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.08679,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9986

secondary

#D3E6EC

accent

#A0C422

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9986

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

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