#DE483B#DE483B

#DE483B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.189 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE483B
RGB	rgb(222, 72, 59)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 57.51, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 70.27, 35.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1654 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.189 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2347, 20.4850, 6.3408)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE483B #3BD1DE

analogous

#DE3B80 #DE483B #DE993B

triadic

#DE483B #3BDE48 #483BDE

tetradic

#DE483B #80DE3B #3BD1DE #993BDE

square

#DE483B #80DE3B #3BD1DE #993BDE

split-complementary

#DE483B #3BDE99 #3B80DE

monochromatic

#882017 #BC2C20 #DE483B #E7796F #F0AAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#DE483B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#DE483B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE483B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE483B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE483B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F41946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de483b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 72, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.189 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18372',
    500: '#de483b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de483b;
$custom-light: #f18372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de483b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.785,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61154,
    "c": 0.18863,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE483B

secondary

#98D7DD

accent

#E0EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE483B

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

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