#DE4E56#DE4E56

#DE4E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.179 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4E56
RGB	rgb(222, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 56.52, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 62.42, 25.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1675 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.179 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5317, 21.6550, 11.1638)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4E56 #4EDED6

analogous

#DE4E9E #DE4E56 #DE8E4E

triadic

#DE4E56 #56DE4E #4E56DE

tetradic

#DE4E56 #9EDE4E #4EDED6 #8E4EDE

square

#DE4E56 #9EDE4E #4EDED6 #8E4EDE

split-complementary

#DE4E56 #4EDE8E #4E9EDE

monochromatic

#961C23 #C9262F #DE4E56 #E88287 #F1B5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DE4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DE4E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4E56

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4E56	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F32E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.179 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8785',
    500: '#de4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4e56;
$custom-light: #ef8785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62236,
    "c": 0.17931,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4E56

secondary

#A8E0DD

accent

#EBE23C

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4E56

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

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