#DF9999#DF9999

#DF9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.084 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9999
RGB	rgb(223, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 31.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 26.23, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 28.31, 22.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0797 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.084 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5738, 40.7734, 35.4951)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9999 #99DFDF

analogous

#DF99BC #DF9999 #DFBC99

triadic

#DF9999 #99DF99 #9999DF

tetradic

#DF9999 #BCDF99 #99DFDF #BC99DF

square

#DF9999 #BCDF99 #99DFDF #BC99DF

split-complementary

#DF9999 #99DFBC #99BCDF

monochromatic

#C13D3D #D06A6A #DF9999 #EEC8C8 #F8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DF9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DF9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9999

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9999	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.084 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7b7',
    500: '#df9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9999;
$custom-light: #eab7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9999

secondary

#DCEFEF

accent

#C0C026

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9999

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

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