Dark Peach #DE7E5D

About this color

#DE7E5D is a medium-light, moderately saturated red. In OKLCH its lightness is 69%, its chroma 0.128 and its hue 40°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dark Peach. Black text reads best on it, at 7.24:1.

Colors that go with Dark Peach

Matches found by rotating Dark Peach around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dark Peach

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dark Peach, closest first.

• Aerial Drift
• Wine Room
• Wine Evening
• Mahogany Lounge
• Oxblood Table
• Cardamom Bazaar
• Zenith Afternoon
• Shell and Sailcloth

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dark Peach, with their ΔE distance.

• Burnt Sienna #E76F51 ΔE 0.033
• Dull Orange #D8863B ΔE 0.046
• Dusty Orange #F0833A ΔE 0.050
• Peru #CD853F ΔE 0.051
• Light Coral #F08080 ΔE 0.055
• Salmon #FA8072 ΔE 0.057
• Melon #FF7855 ΔE 0.057
• Pumpkin #E17701 ΔE 0.058

More about Dark Peach

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Dark Peach

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts pink
• 2 parts orange
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #DB885C, a difference of ΔE 0.025 from Dark Peach. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dark Peach in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dark Peach

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FCF3F0

   oklch(97% 0.011 39.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F9E5DF

   oklch(93.6% 0.023 37.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F4D0C4

   oklch(88.5% 0.044 39.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #EEB09A

   oklch(80.9% 0.079 40.4)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #DE7E5D

   oklch(69.1% 0.128 39.6)

6. Step 500

   500

   #D95F33

   oklch(63.1% 0.164 39.4)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C34200

   oklch(55.6% 0.175 39.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A53600

   oklch(49% 0.155 39.6)

9. Step 800

   800

   #892B00

   oklch(42.8% 0.136 39.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #6E280D

    oklch(37.6% 0.106 39.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #41190A

    oklch(27.1% 0.067 40.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dark Peach with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.