#DE516E#DE516E

#DE516E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.176 H 11.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE516E
RGB	rgb(222, 81, 110)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(348, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 57.06, 13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 58.66, 13.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1728 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.176 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8841, 22.5448, 17.2108)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE516E #51DEC1

analogous

#DE51B4 #DE516E #DE7B51

triadic

#DE516E #6EDE51 #516EDE

tetradic

#DE516E #B4DE51 #51DEC1 #7B51DE

square

#DE516E #B4DE51 #51DEC1 #7B51DE

split-complementary

#DE516E #51DE7B #51B4DE

monochromatic

#981D36 #CB2748 #DE516E #E88499 #F2B8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DE516E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DE516E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE516E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE516E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE516E	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71716E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de516e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 81, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.176 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8997',
    500: '#de516e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de516e;
$custom-light: #ee8997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de516e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.66,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63096,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE516E

secondary

#AAE1D6

accent

#EBC73D

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE516E

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

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