#DE5250#DE5250

#DE5250 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.176 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5250
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 54.47, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 62.50, 29.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.16 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.176 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5929, 22.1481, 10.0413)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5250 #50DCDE

analogous

#DE5095 #DE5250 #DE9950

triadic

#DE5250 #50DE52 #5250DE

tetradic

#DE5250 #95DE50 #50DCDE #9950DE

square

#DE5250 #95DE50 #50DCDE #9950DE

split-complementary

#DE5250 #50DE99 #5095DE

monochromatic

#971E1C #CB2926 #DE5250 #E88583 #F1B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DE5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DE5250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5250

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5250	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)

#776F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.176 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8981',
    500: '#de5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5250;
$custom-light: #ef8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62597,
    "c": 0.17571,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5250

secondary

#A9E0E1

accent

#E9EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5250

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

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