#DD9C8A#DD9C8A

#DD9C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.083 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C8A
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(13, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 22.00, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 29.15, 41.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0667 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.083 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2964, 40.9871, 29.5127)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C8A #8ACBDD

analogous

#DD8AA1 #DD9C8A #DDC58A

triadic

#DD9C8A #8ADD9C #9C8ADD

tetradic

#DD9C8A #A1DD8A #8ACBDD #C58ADD

square

#DD9C8A #A1DD8A #8ACBDD #C58ADD

split-complementary

#DD9C8A #8ADDC5 #8AA1DD

monochromatic

#B75135 #CF745B #DD9C8A #EBC4B9 #F8EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DD9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#DD9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C8A

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C8A	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.083 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b9ac',
    500: '#dd9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c8a;
$custom-light: #e9b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.012,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C8A

secondary

#D6E8ED

accent

#A0C223

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C8A

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

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