#DF8972#DF8972

#DF8972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF8972
RGB	rgb(223, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(13, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(13, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 48.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 30.41, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 40.16, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0902 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.111 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4169, 34.7980, 20.3991)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF8972 #72C8DF

analogous

#DF7291 #DF8972 #DFC072

triadic

#DF8972 #72DF89 #8972DF

tetradic

#DF8972 #91DF72 #72C8DF #C072DF

square

#DF8972 #91DF72 #72C8DF #C072DF

split-complementary

#DF8972 #72DFC0 #7291DF

monochromatic

#AF4428 #D45F40 #DF8972 #EAB3A4 #F6DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DF8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#DF8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF8972

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF8972	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac9a',
    500: '#df8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df8972;
$custom-light: #ecac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.661,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71484,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF8972

secondary

#C4E1E8

accent

#A6CB1B

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF8972

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

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