#DFAEAE#DFAEAE

#DFAEAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.057 H 18.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAEAE
RGB	rgb(223, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(0, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 22%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, 17.85, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 19.12, 21.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0545 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.057 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2080, 49.0184, 46.6950)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAEAE #AEDFDF

analogous

#DFAEC6 #DFAEAE #DFC6AE

triadic

#DFAEAE #AEDFAE #AEAEDF

tetradic

#DFAEAE #C6DFAE #AEDFDF #C6AEDF

square

#DFAEAE #C6DFAE #AEDFDF #C6AEDF

split-complementary

#DFAEAE #AEDFC6 #AEC6DF

monochromatic

#BC5656 #CE8282 #DFAEAE #F0DADA #F6E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DFAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#DFAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAEAE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAEAE	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.057 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c6c6',
    500: '#dfaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfaeae;
$custom-light: #e9c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.05748,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAEAE

secondary

#DEEDED

accent

#B6B62F

background

#FEFCFC

surface

#FDF8F8

border

#D5D1D1

text

#161313

muted

#848282

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAEAE

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

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