#DE856E#DE856E

#DE856E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE856E
RGB	rgb(222, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(12, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 31.77, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 41.69, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.094 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.115 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3288, 33.4343, 19.0257)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE856E #6EC7DE

analogous

#DE6E8F #DE856E #DEBD6E

triadic

#DE856E #6EDE85 #856EDE

tetradic

#DE856E #8FDE6E #6EC7DE #BD6EDE

square

#DE856E #8FDE6E #6EC7DE #BD6EDE

split-complementary

#DE856E #6EDEBD #6E8FDE

monochromatic

#AB4227 #D35B3C #DE856E #E9AFA0 #F5D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DE856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#DE856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE856E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE856E	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B916C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca997',
    500: '#de856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de856e;
$custom-light: #eca997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.321,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE856E

secondary

#C1DFE7

accent

#A7CB1B

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE856E

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

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