#DE8A8A#DE8A8A

#DE8A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.103 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A8A
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 32.02, 13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 34.79, 23.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0969 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.103 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8020, 35.5450, 28.5937)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A8A #8ADEDE

analogous

#DE8AB4 #DE8A8A #DEB48A

triadic

#DE8A8A #8ADE8A #8A8ADE

tetradic

#DE8A8A #B4DE8A #8ADEDE #B48ADE

square

#DE8A8A #B4DE8A #8ADEDE #B48ADE

split-complementary

#DE8A8A #8ADEB4 #8AB4DE

monochromatic

#B93434 #D15A5A #DE8A8A #EBBABA #F8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#DE8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#DE8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A8A

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A8A	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B978A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.103 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebadac',
    500: '#de8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a8a;
$custom-light: #ebadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A8A

secondary

#D6EDED

accent

#C4C422

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A8A

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

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