#DE8A81#DE8A81

#DE8A81 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.104 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A81
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 129)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(6, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 41.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 31.01, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 36.05, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0934 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.104 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1773, 35.2951, 25.3032)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A81 #81D5DE

analogous

#DE81A7 #DE8A81 #DEB981

triadic

#DE8A81 #81DE8A #8A81DE

tetradic

#DE8A81 #A7DE81 #81D5DE #B981DE

square

#DE8A81 #A7DE81 #81D5DE #B981DE

split-complementary

#DE8A81 #81DEB9 #81A7DE

monochromatic

#B53C2F #D15D51 #DE8A81 #EBB7B1 #F7E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DE8A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#DE8A81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A81

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A81	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.104 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebada5',
    500: '#de8a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a81;
$custom-light: #ebada5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71849,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A81

secondary

#D0E8EB

accent

#B6C61F

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A81

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

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