#DE5151#DE5151

#DE5151 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.177 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5151
RGB	rgb(222, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 54.96, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 62.56, 28.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.1617 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.177 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5552, 22.0133, 10.2124)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5151 #51DEDE

analogous

#DE5198 #DE5151 #DE9851

triadic

#DE5151 #51DE51 #5151DE

tetradic

#DE5151 #98DE51 #51DEDE #9851DE

square

#DE5151 #98DE51 #51DEDE #9851DE

split-complementary

#DE5151 #51DE98 #5198DE

monochromatic

#981D1D #CB2727 #DE5151 #E88484 #F2B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DE5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DE5151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5151

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5151	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)

#766E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.177 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8882',
    500: '#de5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5151;
$custom-light: #ef8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62495,
    "c": 0.17663,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5151

secondary

#AAE1E1

accent

#EBEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5151

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →