#DE8A79#DE8A79

#DE8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A79
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(10, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 30.17, 22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 37.72, 36.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0902 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.107 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6662, 35.0907, 22.6115)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A79 #79CDDE

analogous

#DE799B #DE8A79 #DEBD79

triadic

#DE8A79 #79DE8A #8A79DE

tetradic

#DE8A79 #9BDE79 #79CDDE #BD79DE

square

#DE8A79 #9BDE79 #79CDDE #BD79DE

split-complementary

#DE8A79 #79DEBD #799BDE

monochromatic

#B1422C #D25F48 #DE8A79 #EAB5AA #F6E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DE8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DE8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A79

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A79	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)

#9E9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebad9f',
    500: '#de8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a79;
$custom-light: #ebad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.099,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A79

secondary

#C9E4E9

accent

#ABC81D

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A79

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

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