#DEADAD#DEADAD

#DEADAD is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.058 H 18.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEADAD
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 173)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(0, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 22.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 17.87, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 19.15, 21.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% 0.0546 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.058 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6111, 48.4361, 46.1049)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEADAD #ADDEDE

analogous

#DEADC6 #DEADAD #DEC6AD

triadic

#DEADAD #ADDEAD #ADADDE

tetradic

#DEADAD #C6DEAD #ADDEDE #C6ADDE

square

#DEADAD #C6DEAD #ADDEDE #C6ADDE

split-complementary

#DEADAD #ADDEC6 #ADC6DE

monochromatic

#BB5656 #CC8181 #DEADAD #F0D9D9 #F6E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DEADAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#DEADAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEADAD

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEADAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEADAD	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deadad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.058 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c5c5',
    500: '#deadad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deadad;
$custom-light: #e9c5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deadad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79213,
    "c": 0.05754,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEADAD

secondary

#DEEDED

accent

#B6B630

background

#FEFCFC

surface

#FDF8F8

border

#D5D1D1

text

#161312

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEADAD

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

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