#DE5251#DE5251

#DE5251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.176 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5251
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 54.53, 30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 62.28, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1603 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.176 24)
XYZ	xyz(34.6301, 22.1630, 10.2373)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5251 #51DDDE

analogous

#DE5196 #DE5251 #DE9951

triadic

#DE5251 #51DE52 #5251DE

tetradic

#DE5251 #96DE51 #51DDDE #9951DE

square

#DE5251 #96DE51 #51DDDE #9951DE

split-complementary

#DE5251 #51DE99 #5196DE

monochromatic

#981E1D #CB2827 #DE5251 #E88584 #F2B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DE5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DE5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5251

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5251	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)

#776F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.176 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8982',
    500: '#de5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5251;
$custom-light: #ef8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.426,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62614,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.22158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5251

secondary

#AAE0E1

accent

#EAEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5251

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

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