#DE4E48#DE4E48

#DE4E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.181 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4E48
RGB	rgb(222, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 55.70, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 65.43, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1623 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.181 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0218, 21.4511, 8.4786)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4E48 #48D8DE

analogous

#DE488D #DE4E48 #DE9948

triadic

#DE4E48 #48DE4E #4E48DE

tetradic

#DE4E48 #8DDE48 #48D8DE #9948DE

square

#DE4E48 #8DDE48 #48D8DE #9948DE

split-complementary

#DE4E48 #48DE99 #488DDE

monochromatic

#911F1A #C52A24 #DE4E48 #E7807C #F1B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#DE4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#DE4E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4E48

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4E48	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F32A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.181 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0877b',
    500: '#de4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4e48;
$custom-light: #f0877b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62001,
    "c": 0.18088,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4E48

secondary

#A3DDDF

accent

#E5EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4E48

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

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