#DE453B#DE453B

#DE453B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.191 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE453B
RGB	rgb(222, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 58.66, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 70.95, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% 0.169 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.191 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0454, 20.1065, 6.2777)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE453B #3BD4DE

analogous

#DE3B82 #DE453B #DE963B

triadic

#DE453B #3BDE45 #453BDE

tetradic

#DE453B #82DE3B #3BD4DE #963BDE

square

#DE453B #82DE3B #3BD4DE #963BDE

split-complementary

#DE453B #3BDE96 #3B82DE

monochromatic

#881E17 #BC2920 #DE453B #E7776F #F0A8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#DE453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#DE453B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE453B

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE453B	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F40E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.191 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18272',
    500: '#de453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de453b;
$custom-light: #f18272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.681,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60837,
    "c": 0.19134,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE453B

secondary

#98D8DD

accent

#E3EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE453B

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

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