#DE505B#DE505B

#DE505B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.177 H 19.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE505B
RGB	rgb(222, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 56.02, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 60.98, 23.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.1668 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.177 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8845, 22.0269, 12.3102)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE505B #50DED3

analogous

#DE50A2 #DE505B #DE8C50

triadic

#DE505B #5BDE50 #505BDE

tetradic

#DE505B #A2DE50 #50DED3 #8C50DE

square

#DE505B #A2DE50 #50DED3 #8C50DE

split-complementary

#DE505B #50DE8C #50A2DE

monochromatic

#971C26 #CB2633 #DE505B #E8838B #F1B7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DE505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DE505B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE505B

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE505B	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.177 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8889',
    500: '#de505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de505b;
$custom-light: #ef8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.352,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62562,
    "c": 0.17686,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE505B

secondary

#A9E1DC

accent

#EBDE3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE505B

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

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