#DE8A87#DE8A87

#DE8A87 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A87
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 31.68, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 35.13, 25.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0958 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.103 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5879, 35.4593, 27.4656)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A87 #87DBDE

analogous

#DE87AF #DE8A87 #DEB687

triadic

#DE8A87 #87DE8A #8A87DE

tetradic

#DE8A87 #AFDE87 #87DBDE #B687DE

square

#DE8A87 #AFDE87 #87DBDE #B687DE

split-complementary

#DE8A87 #87DEB6 #87AFDE

monochromatic

#B83733 #D15B57 #DE8A87 #EBB9B7 #F8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DE8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#DE8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A87

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A87	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebadaa',
    500: '#de8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a87;
$custom-light: #ebadaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A87

secondary

#D4ECED

accent

#BFC421

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A87

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

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