#DE9596#DE9596

#DE9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.088 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9596
RGB	rgb(222, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(359, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 27.61, 10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 29.63, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0839 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.088 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3782, 39.2296, 33.9776)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9596 #95DEDD

analogous

#DE95BA #DE9596 #DEB895

triadic

#DE9596 #96DE95 #9596DE

tetradic

#DE9596 #BADE95 #95DEDD #B895DE

square

#DE9596 #BADE95 #95DEDD #B895DE

split-complementary

#DE9596 #95DEB8 #95BADE

monochromatic

#BE3B3D #CF6668 #DE9596 #EDC4C4 #F8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DE9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DE9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9596

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9596	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.088 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab4b4',
    500: '#de9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9596;
$custom-light: #eab4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.178,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9596

secondary

#DCEFEF

accent

#C0BE26

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9596

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

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