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#df9c92

a light, vivid red · warm · closest name: Dark Salmon

Token name suggestion: Drift Ember

RGB
223, 156, 146
HSL
8°, 55%, 72%
CMYK
0, 30, 35, 13
Luminance
0.4154

#df9c92 is a light vivid red, 8° on the wheel and 12/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.31:1). As text it scores 2.26:1 on white — use #C64D3B instead. Nearest name is Dark Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(8 55% 72%)rgb(223 156 146)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df9c92 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df9c92
Hue
red
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4154
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
12/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.31:1
Closest name
Dark Salmon
ΔE2000 6.7
Chroma
28.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.755
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 19.4
Web-safe
#CC9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue8° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df9c92.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool12% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red38%
Green57%
Blue5%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#df9c92
HEX (8-digit)#df9c92ff
RGBrgb(223, 156, 146)
RGBArgba(223, 156, 146, 1)
HSLhsl(8, 55%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8, 35%, 87%)
HWBhwb(8 57% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30%, 35%, 13%)
LABlab(70.5 23.7 15.3)
LCHlch(70.5 28.2 32.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.755 0.082 28.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.51, 41.54, 32.70)
Decimal14654610
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.612 0.573)
Web-safe#CC9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df9c92;
background-color: #df9c92;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df9c92;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df9c92] bg-[#df9c92]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df9c92;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.612, blue: 0.573)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.612, blue: 0.573, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF9C92</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF9C92)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF9C92)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(146, 156, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 156, 146)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 156, 146)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 156, 146)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.6118f, 0.5725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,156,146}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df9c92 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df9c92 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#63261D, #EED6D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df9c92 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBF5F4;
  --brand-100: #F6EBE9;
  --brand-200: #EED2CE;
  --brand-300: #E6B0A8;
  --brand-400: #df9c92;
  --brand-500: #CC6152;
  --brand-600: #BD4938;
  --brand-700: #9E3D2E;
  --brand-800: #7E3125;
  --brand-900: #5C261E;
  --brand-950: #391813;
  --brand: #df9c92;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F4;
  --brand-border: #ECC6C0;
  --brand-hover: #D78377;
  --brand-pressed: #CF6A5B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241614;
    --brand-ink: #EED6D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF5F4',
        100: '#F6EBE9',
        200: '#EED2CE',
        300: '#E6B0A8',
        400: '#df9c92',
        500: '#CC6152',
        600: '#BD4938',
        700: '#9E3D2E',
        800: '#7E3125',
        900: '#5C261E',
        950: '#391813',
        DEFAULT: '#df9c92',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF5F4,
  '100': #F6EBE9,
  '200': #EED2CE,
  '300': #E6B0A8,
  '400': #df9c92,
  '500': #CC6152,
  '600': #BD4938,
  '700': #9E3D2E,
  '800': #7E3125,
  '900': #5C261E,
  '950': #391813,
);
$brand-base: #df9c92;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF5F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EBE9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EED2CE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E6B0A8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#df9c92", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CC6152", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BD4938", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9E3D2E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7E3125", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5C261E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#391813", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #df9c92 · 9.31:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.31:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #df9c92 as text scores 2.26:1 on white and 9.31:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #63261D at 5.10:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#C64D3B · 4.64:1
AA on white−22% L
#C64D3B
The quick fox
#973A2C · 7.10:1
AAA on white−34% L
#973A2C
The quick fox
#df9c92 · 9.31:1
AA on blackalready passes
#df9c92
The quick fox
#df9c92 · 9.31:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#df9c92

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D57C6F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#df9c92 on white: 2.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df9c92 on black: 9.31:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df9c92 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df9c92.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.26:1AaAa
Slate 502.16:1AaAa
Slate 1002.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.83:1AaAa
Slate 3001.52:1AaAa
Slate 4001.14:1AaAa
Slate 5002.11:1AaAa
Slate 6003.36:1AaAa
Slate 7004.59:1AaAa
Slate 8006.48:1AaAa
Slate 9007.91:1AaAa
Black9.31:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #AAA591
deuteranopia · #BAB291
tritanopia · #ED9499

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #df9c92 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF5F4
#F6EBE9
#EED2CE
#E6B0A8
#df9c92
#CC6152
#BD4938
#9E3D2E
#7E3125
#5C261E
#391813
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBF5F4Darkest = 950 · #391813Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.021 28.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 28.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.049 28.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.064 28.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.076 28.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.082 28.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.082 28.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.077 28.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.069 28.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.058 28.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.045 28.6);
}

Colors that work with #df9c92

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF5F4
Tinted page background
Border#ECC6C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B554B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2AA294
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#63261D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EDEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241614
Dark-mode background
Hover#D78377
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CF6A5B
Two steps down
Disabled#F4EEEE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EAA69C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #df9c92

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #63261D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D57C6F

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight28/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#92D5DF
Analogous left#DF92AF
Analogous right#DFC392
Split-complement 1#92DFC3
Split-complement 2#92AFDF
Triadic 1#92DF9C
Triadic 2#9C92DF
Tetradic#AFDF92
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°8°

#df9c92 sits at 8°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green61.2%
Blue57.3%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
156
0x9c
B · 0–255
146
0x92

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta30.0%
Yellow34.5%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 77%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#df9c92 text on a black background

contrast 9.31:1

Card sample

#df9c92 text on a white background

contrast 2.26:1

Card sample

#df9c92 on grey

2.06:1

#df9c92 on its own surface

2.09:1

#df9c92 on its dark surface

7.76:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df9c92;
Background color
Panel with #df9c92 background
background-color: #df9c92;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df9c92;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 156, 146, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 156, 146, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df9c92;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df9c92, #DFCF92);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df9c92, #DBDF92);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df9c92;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df9c92;
caret-color: #df9c92;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df9c92;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EDEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df9c92;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df9c92 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df9c92 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(223, 156, 146, 0.5)
rgb(223 156 146 / 50%)
#df9c9280
hsl(8 55% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df9c92 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df9c921a#FCF5F4
20%#df9c9233#F9EBE9
40%#df9c9266#F2D7D3
60%#df9c9299#ECC4BE
80%#df9c92cc#E5B0A8

Gradients from #df9c92

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDC7C2, #df9c92 45%, #63261D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df9c92, #D8CD7B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df9c92, #92D5DF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4DDD9 0%, #df9c92 45%, #63261D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EBBAD0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E6D5AA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #63261D 0%, transparent 65%), #df9c92;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df9c92

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#df9c92 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.31:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#df9c92, answered

What color is #df9c92?

#df9c92 is a light vivid red, closest to Dark Salmon (ΔE2000 6.7). It sits at 8° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #df9c92?

rgb(223, 156, 146) — 223 red, 156 green and 146 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 61.2% / 57.3% by channel.

What is #df9c92 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(8, 55%, 72%) and hsv(8, 35%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df9c92 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4154 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 9.31:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df9c92?

Black. It scores 9.31:1 against #df9c92, versus 2.26:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #df9c92 accessible on a white background?

#df9c92 on white scores 2.26:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C64D3B to reach 4.5:1, or #973A2C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #df9c92?

#92D5DF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #92DFC3 and #92AFDF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df9c92?

For interface work: #FAF5F4 as the surface, #ECC6C0 for borders, #9B554B for secondary text, #2AA294 as an accent and #63261D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DF92AF and #DFC392 stays calm, while #92D5DF is the loudest partner.

What is #df9c92 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 30%, 35%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #df9c92 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 12 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DFAD92; nudged cooler, #E091A4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df9c92?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 19.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #df9c92 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #df9c92 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df9c92] or text-[#df9c92], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #df9c92 with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 156, 146, 0.5), or #df9c9280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFCEC9; over black, #704E49.

Is #df9c92 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9999, ΔE2000 5.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df9c92 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #df9c92?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDC7C2, #df9c92 45%, #63261D). For more colour, a short hue run to #D8CD7B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df9c92 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df9c92 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.