#DE4950#DE4950

#DE4950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.185 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4950
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 58.17, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 64.96, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1717 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.185 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9582, 20.8787, 9.8297)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4950 #49DED7

analogous

#DE499B #DE4950 #DE8C49

triadic

#DE4950 #50DE49 #4950DE

tetradic

#DE4950 #9BDE49 #49DED7 #8C49DE

square

#DE4950 #9BDE49 #49DED7 #8C49DE

split-complementary

#DE4950 #49DE8C #499BDE

monochromatic

#921A20 #C6242B #DE4950 #E77D82 #F1B1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#DE4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#DE4950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4950

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4950	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3234D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.185 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08481',
    500: '#de4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4950;
$custom-light: #f08481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.181,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.18495,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4950

secondary

#A4DFDC

accent

#ECE43C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4950

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

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