Faded Pink#DE9DAC

#DE9DAC is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.080 H 3.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Faded Pink — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#DE9DAC
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 172)
HSL	hsl(346, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(346, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 22.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 26.33, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 26.41, 4.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0795 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.08 3.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6283, 42.6248, 44.6351)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9DAC #9DDECF

analogous

#DE9DCD #DE9DAC #DEAF9D

triadic

#DE9DAC #ACDE9D #9DACDE

tetradic

#DE9DAC #CDDE9D #9DDECF #AF9DDE

square

#DE9DAC #CDDE9D #9DDECF #AF9DDE

split-complementary

#DE9DAC #9DDEAF #9DCDDE

monochromatic

#BF415E #CF6F85 #DE9DAC #EDCBD3 #F7E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DE9DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#DE9DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9DAC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9DAC	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E999A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.080 3.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bac4',
    500: '#de9dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9dac;
$custom-light: #e9bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7627,
    "c": 0.07964,
    "h": 3.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9DAC

secondary

#DDEEEA

accent

#BD9B29

background

#FEFBFC

surface

#FDF6F8

border

#D5D0D1

text

#161112

muted

#848081

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9DAC

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

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