#DD9E8A#DD9E8A

#DD9E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.081 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E8A
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(14, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 20.92, 19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 28.79, 43.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0635 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.081 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6348, 41.6639, 29.6255)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E8A #8AC9DD

analogous

#DD8A9F #DD9E8A #DDC78A

triadic

#DD9E8A #8ADD9E #9E8ADD

tetradic

#DD9E8A #9FDD8A #8AC9DD #C78ADD

square

#DD9E8A #9FDD8A #8AC9DD #C78ADD

split-complementary

#DD9E8A #8ADDC7 #8A9FDD

monochromatic

#B75535 #CF775B #DD9E8A #EBC5B9 #F8EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DD9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#DD9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E8A

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E8A	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.081 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bbac',
    500: '#dd9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e8a;
$custom-light: #e9bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.458,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E8A

secondary

#D6E7ED

accent

#9CC223

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E8A

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

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