#DD9999#DD9999

#DD9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.082 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9999
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 25.48, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 27.48, 22.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0775 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.082 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9611, 40.4575, 35.4664)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9999 #99DDDD

analogous

#DD99BB #DD9999 #DDBB99

triadic

#DD9999 #99DD99 #9999DD

tetradic

#DD9999 #BBDD99 #99DDDD #BB99DD

square

#DD9999 #BBDD99 #99DDDD #BB99DD

split-complementary

#DD9999 #99DDBB #99BBDD

monochromatic

#BD3F3F #CE6B6B #DD9999 #ECC7C7 #F7E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DD9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DD9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9999

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9999	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.082 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7b7',
    500: '#dd9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9999;
$custom-light: #e9b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74932,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9999

secondary

#DDEEEE

accent

#BDBD28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9999

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

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