#DE9997#DE9997

#DE9997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.083 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9997
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(2, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 25.59, 11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 28.07, 24.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0778 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.083 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1028, 40.5495, 34.6180)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9997 #97DCDE

analogous

#DE97B8 #DE9997 #DEBC97

triadic

#DE9997 #97DE99 #9997DE

tetradic

#DE9997 #B8DE97 #97DCDE #BC97DE

square

#DE9997 #B8DE97 #97DCDE #BC97DE

split-complementary

#DE9997 #97DEBC #97B8DE

monochromatic

#BE403C #CF6B69 #DE9997 #EDC7C5 #F8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#DE9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9997

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9997	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.083 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7b5',
    500: '#de9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9997;
$custom-light: #eab7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9997

secondary

#DCEEEF

accent

#BBBF26

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9997

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

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