#DE9999#DE9999

#DE9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.083 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9999
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 25.85, 10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 27.90, 22.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0786 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.083 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2666, 40.6150, 35.4807)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9999 #99DEDE

analogous

#DE99BB #DE9999 #DEBB99

triadic

#DE9999 #99DE99 #9999DE

tetradic

#DE9999 #BBDE99 #99DEDE #BB99DE

square

#DE9999 #BBDE99 #99DEDE #BB99DE

split-complementary

#DE9999 #99DEBB #99BBDE

monochromatic

#BF3E3E #CF6B6B #DE9999 #EDC7C7 #F8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#DE9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9999

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9999	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.083 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7b7',
    500: '#de9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9999;
$custom-light: #eab7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9999

secondary

#DCEFEF

accent

#BEBE27

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9999

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

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