#DE4F59#DE4F59

#DE4F59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.178 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4F59
RGB	rgb(222, 79, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 56.31, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 61.61, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1674 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.178 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7267, 21.8475, 11.8376)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4F59 #4FDED4

analogous

#DE4FA1 #DE4F59 #DE8D4F

triadic

#DE4F59 #59DE4F #4F59DE

tetradic

#DE4F59 #A1DE4F #4FDED4 #8D4FDE

square

#DE4F59 #A1DE4F #4FDED4 #8D4FDE

split-complementary

#DE4F59 #4FDE8D #4FA1DE

monochromatic

#961C25 #CA2631 #DE4F59 #E8838A #F1B6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DE4F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DE4F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4F59

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4F59	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 79, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.178 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8787',
    500: '#de4f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4f59;
$custom-light: #ef8787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.804,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62407,
    "c": 0.17805,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4F59

secondary

#A8E0DD

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4F59

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

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