#DE9178#DE9178

#DE9178 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9178
RGB	rgb(222, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 26.33, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 36.51, 43.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0785 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.101 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6420, 37.1400, 22.6359)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9178 #78C5DE

analogous

#DE7892 #DE9178 #DEC478

triadic

#DE9178 #78DE91 #9178DE

tetradic

#DE9178 #92DE78 #78C5DE #C478DE

square

#DE9178 #92DE78 #78C5DE #C478DE

split-complementary

#DE9178 #78DEC4 #7892DE

monochromatic

#B04C2B #D26947 #DE9178 #EAB9A9 #F6E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DE9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#DE9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9178

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9178	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb19f',
    500: '#de9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9178;
$custom-light: #ebb19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.706,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9178

secondary

#C9E1E9

accent

#9EC81D

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF5F2

border

#D5CFCC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9178

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

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