#DE8985#DE8985

#DE8985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8985
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(3, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 31.98, 15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 35.74, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0966 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.105 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3056, 35.1179, 26.6834)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8985 #85DADE

analogous

#DE85AD #DE8985 #DEB685

triadic

#DE8985 #85DE89 #8985DE

tetradic

#DE8985 #ADDE85 #85DADE #B685DE

square

#DE8985 #ADDE85 #85DADE #B685DE

split-complementary

#DE8985 #85DEB6 #85ADDE

monochromatic

#B73832 #D15A55 #DE8985 #EBB8B5 #F8E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DE8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DE8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8985

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8985	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaca8',
    500: '#de8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8985;
$custom-light: #ebaca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.697,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71771,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8985

secondary

#D3EBEC

accent

#BEC521

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8985

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

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