#DE4D55#DE4D55

#DE4D55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.180 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4D55
RGB	rgb(222, 77, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 56.87, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 62.89, 25.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1685 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.18 21)
XYZ	xyz(34.4211, 21.4980, 10.9296)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4D55 #4DDED6

analogous

#DE4D9D #DE4D55 #DE8D4D

triadic

#DE4D55 #55DE4D #4D55DE

tetradic

#DE4D55 #9DDE4D #4DDED6 #8D4DDE

square

#DE4D55 #9DDE4D #4DDED6 #8D4DDE

split-complementary

#DE4D55 #4DDE8D #4D9DDE

monochromatic

#951C22 #C9252E #DE4D55 #E88186 #F1B4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DE4D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#DE4D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4D55

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4D55	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F32C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 77, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.180 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8684',
    500: '#de4d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4d55;
$custom-light: #ef8684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.69,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62104,
    "c": 0.18043,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.21493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4D55

secondary

#A7E0DD

accent

#ECE23C

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4D55

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

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