#DEC9C8#DEC9C8

#DEC9C8 is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.024 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9C8
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(3, 25%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(3, 10%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 9.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, 7.17, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 7.84, 23.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% 0.0221 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.024 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4353, 61.4741, 63.2617)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9C8 #C8DDDE

analogous

#DEC8D2 #DEC9C8 #DED4C8

triadic

#DEC9C8 #C8DEC9 #C9C8DE

tetradic

#DEC9C8 #D2DEC8 #C8DDDE #D4C8DE

square

#DEC9C8 #D2DEC8 #C8DDDE #D4C8DE

split-complementary

#DEC9C8 #C8DED4 #C8D2DE

monochromatic

#B07E7B #C7A3A2 #DEC9C8 #F4ECEC #F4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DEC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DEC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9C8

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9C8	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCBC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1CFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.024 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9d8',
    500: '#dec9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9c8;
$custom-light: #e8d9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.853,
    "c": 0.0237,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9C8

secondary

#95B3B5

accent

#9FA442

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#161414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9C8

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

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