#DE4E45#DE4E45

#DE4E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.181 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4E45
RGB	rgb(222, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 55.55, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 66.18, 32.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1612 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.181 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9263, 21.4129, 7.9757)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4E45 #45D5DE

analogous

#DE4589 #DE4E45 #DE9A45

triadic

#DE4E45 #45DE4E #4E45DE

tetradic

#DE4E45 #89DE45 #45D5DE #9A45DE

square

#DE4E45 #89DE45 #45D5DE #9A45DE

split-complementary

#DE4E45 #45DE9A #4589DE

monochromatic

#8F2019 #C32C23 #DE4E45 #E77F79 #F0B1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#DE4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#DE4E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4E45

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4E45	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4294D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.181 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08779',
    500: '#de4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4e45;
$custom-light: #f08779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61956,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4E45

secondary

#A0DBDF

accent

#E2ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4E45

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

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