#DE8A8D#DE8A8D

#DE8A8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.103 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A8D
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(358, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 32.38, 12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 34.53, 20.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0981 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.103 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0222, 35.6331, 29.7534)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A8D #8ADEDB

analogous

#DE8AB7 #DE8A8D #DEB18A

triadic

#DE8A8D #8DDE8A #8A8DDE

tetradic

#DE8A8D #B7DE8A #8ADEDB #B18ADE

square

#DE8A8D #B7DE8A #8ADEDB #B18ADE

split-complementary

#DE8A8D #8ADEB1 #8AB7DE

monochromatic

#B93439 #D15A5E #DE8A8D #EBBABC #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#DE8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#DE8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A8D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A8D	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED818B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.103 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebadae',
    500: '#de8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a8d;
$custom-light: #ebadae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A8D

secondary

#D6EDEC

accent

#C4BE22

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#161010

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A8D

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

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