#DE8973#DE8973

#DE8973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8973
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 30.11, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 39.47, 40.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0895 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.11 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1668, 34.6624, 20.6861)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8973 #73C8DE

analogous

#DE7392 #DE8973 #DEBE73

triadic

#DE8973 #73DE89 #8973DE

tetradic

#DE8973 #92DE73 #73C8DE #BE73DE

square

#DE8973 #92DE73 #73C8DE #BE73DE

split-complementary

#DE8973 #73DEBE #7392DE

monochromatic

#AE4429 #D25F41 #DE8973 #EAB3A5 #F5DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DE8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#DE8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8973

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8973	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac9b',
    500: '#de8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8973;
$custom-light: #ecac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.336,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71382,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8973

secondary

#C5E1E8

accent

#A6CA1C

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8973

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

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