#DE978E#DE978E

#DE978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.087 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE978E
RGB	rgb(222, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(7, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 25.55, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 29.93, 31.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0775 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.087 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0750, 39.6190, 30.8064)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE978E #8ED5DE

analogous

#DE8EAD #DE978E #DEBF8E

triadic

#DE978E #8EDE97 #978EDE

tetradic

#DE978E #ADDE8E #8ED5DE #BF8EDE

square

#DE978E #ADDE8E #8ED5DE #BF8EDE

split-complementary

#DE978E #8EDEBF #8EADDE

monochromatic

#BB4637 #D06B5F #DE978E #ECC3BD #F8E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DE978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE978E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE978E	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.087 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab6af',
    500: '#de978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de978e;
$custom-light: #eab6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE978E

secondary

#DAECEE

accent

#B0C223

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE978E

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

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