#DE5159#DE5159

#DE5159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.176 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5159
RGB	rgb(222, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 55.47, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 61.01, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.1647 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.176 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8731, 22.1404, 11.8864)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5159 #51DED6

analogous

#DE519F #DE5159 #DE9051

triadic

#DE5159 #59DE51 #5159DE

tetradic

#DE5159 #9FDE51 #51DED6 #9051DE

square

#DE5159 #9FDE51 #51DED6 #9051DE

split-complementary

#DE5159 #51DE90 #519FDE

monochromatic

#981D24 #CB2730 #DE5159 #E8848A #F2B8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DE5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DE5159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5159

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5159	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.176 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8987',
    500: '#de5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5159;
$custom-light: #ef8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.596,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6264,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5159

secondary

#AAE1DE

accent

#EBE13D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5159

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

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