#DE505E#DE505E

#DE505E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.177 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE505E
RGB	rgb(222, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 56.23, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 60.53, 21.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.168 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.177 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0165, 22.0797, 13.0054)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE505E #50DED0

analogous

#DE50A5 #DE505E #DE8950

triadic

#DE505E #5EDE50 #505EDE

tetradic

#DE505E #A5DE50 #50DED0 #8950DE

square

#DE505E #A5DE50 #50DED0 #8950DE

split-complementary

#DE505E #50DE89 #50A5DE

monochromatic

#971C29 #CB2636 #DE505E #E8838D #F1B7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DE505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#DE505E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE505E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE505E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.177 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef888b',
    500: '#de505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de505e;
$custom-light: #ef888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.085,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62622,
    "c": 0.17675,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE505E

secondary

#A9E1DB

accent

#EBDA3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE505E

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

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