#DE4E51#DE4E51

#DE4E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.180 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4E51
RGB	rgb(222, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 56.21, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 63.39, 27.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1656 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.18 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3372, 21.5772, 10.1397)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4E51 #4EDEDB

analogous

#DE4E99 #DE4E51 #DE934E

triadic

#DE4E51 #51DE4E #4E51DE

tetradic

#DE4E51 #99DE4E #4EDEDB #934EDE

square

#DE4E51 #99DE4E #4EDEDB #934EDE

split-complementary

#DE4E51 #4EDE93 #4E99DE

monochromatic

#961C1E #C92629 #DE4E51 #E88284 #F1B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#DE4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#DE4E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4E51

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4E51	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F32D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.180 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08782',
    500: '#de4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4e51;
$custom-light: #f08782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62146,
    "c": 0.17974,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4E51

secondary

#A8E0DF

accent

#EBE83C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4E51

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

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