#DEB4AE#DEB4AE

#DEB4AE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.050 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB4AE
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(8, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(8, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 14.26, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 16.75, 31.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0441 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.05 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0858, 51.2302, 47.0756)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB4AE #AED8DE

analogous

#DEAEC0 #DEB4AE #DECCAE

triadic

#DEB4AE #AEDEB4 #B4AEDE

tetradic

#DEB4AE #C0DEAE #AED8DE #CCAEDE

square

#DEB4AE #C0DEAE #AED8DE #CCAEDE

split-complementary

#DEB4AE #AEDECC #AEC0DE

monochromatic

#BB6357 #CC8C83 #DEB4AE #F0DCD9 #F6EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DEB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#DEB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB4AE

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB4AE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.050 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cac6',
    500: '#deb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb4ae;
$custom-light: #e9cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80556,
    "c": 0.04974,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB4AE

secondary

#7AAFB6

accent

#A5B530

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F9

border

#D5D2D2

text

#161313

muted

#848282

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB4AE

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

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