#DF9599#DF9599

#DF9599 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.090 H 15.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9599
RGB	rgb(223, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(357, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 31.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 28.37, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 29.88, 18.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0862 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.09 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9301, 39.4859, 35.2805)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9599 #95DFDB

analogous

#DF95BE #DF9599 #DFB695

triadic

#DF9599 #99DF95 #9599DF

tetradic

#DF9599 #BEDF95 #95DFDB #B695DF

square

#DF9599 #BEDF95 #95DFDB #B695DF

split-complementary

#DF9599 #95DFB6 #95BEDF

monochromatic

#C03A41 #D1666C #DF9599 #EDC4C6 #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DF9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DF9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9599

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9599	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.090 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb5b7',
    500: '#df9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9599;
$custom-light: #ebb5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.757,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9599

secondary

#DCEFEE

accent

#C1B924

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9599

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

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