#DE516D#DE516D

#DE516D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.176 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE516D
RGB	rgb(222, 81, 109)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(348, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 56.98, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 58.71, 13.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1724 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.176 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8299, 22.5231, 16.9256)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE516D #51DEC2

analogous

#DE51B4 #DE516D #DE7C51

triadic

#DE516D #6DDE51 #516DDE

tetradic

#DE516D #B4DE51 #51DEC2 #7C51DE

square

#DE516D #B4DE51 #51DEC2 #7C51DE

split-complementary

#DE516D #51DE7C #51B4DE

monochromatic

#981D35 #CB2747 #DE516D #E88498 #F2B8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DE516D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DE516D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE516D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE516D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE516D	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71706D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.176 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8996',
    500: '#de516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de516d;
$custom-light: #ee8996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.085,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63071,
    "c": 0.17612,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE516D

secondary

#AAE1D6

accent

#EBC83D

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE516D

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

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