#DE523B#DE523B

#DE523B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.179 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE523B
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 53.40, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 67.97, 38.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.1525 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.179 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9346, 21.8848, 6.5741)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE523B #3BC7DE

analogous

#DE3B76 #DE523B #DEA33B

triadic

#DE523B #3BDE52 #523BDE

tetradic

#DE523B #76DE3B #3BC7DE #A33BDE

square

#DE523B #76DE3B #3BC7DE #A33BDE

split-complementary

#DE523B #3BDEA3 #3B76DE

monochromatic

#882717 #BC3620 #DE523B #E7806F #F0AEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DE523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DE523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE523B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE523B	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F42E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.179 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18972',
    500: '#de523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de523b;
$custom-light: #f18972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.466,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62298,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE523B

secondary

#98D3DD

accent

#D5EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE523B

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

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