#DE5243#DE5243

#DE5243 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.178 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5243
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 53.76, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 65.72, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1552 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.178 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1582, 21.9742, 7.7519)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5243 #43CFDE

analogous

#DE4382 #DE5243 #DE9F43

triadic

#DE5243 #43DE52 #5243DE

tetradic

#DE5243 #82DE43 #43CFDE #9F43DE

square

#DE5243 #82DE43 #43CFDE #9F43DE

split-complementary

#DE5243 #43DE9F #4382DE

monochromatic

#8E2419 #C23122 #DE5243 #E78277 #F0B2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DE5243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DE5243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5243

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5243	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.178 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08978',
    500: '#de5243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5243;
$custom-light: #f08978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.624,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5243

secondary

#9FD8DE

accent

#DCED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5243

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

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