#DE5252#DE5252

#DE5252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.175 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5252
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 54.59, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 62.07, 28.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1607 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.175 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6679, 22.1781, 10.4363)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5252 #52DEDE

analogous

#DE5298 #DE5252 #DE9852

triadic

#DE5252 #52DE52 #5252DE

tetradic

#DE5252 #98DE52 #52DEDE #9852DE

square

#DE5252 #98DE52 #52DEDE #9852DE

split-complementary

#DE5252 #52DE98 #5298DE

monochromatic

#991D1D #CC2727 #DE5252 #E88585 #F2B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DE5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DE5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5252

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5252	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#766F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.175 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8982',
    500: '#de5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5252;
$custom-light: #ef8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62631,
    "c": 0.17545,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5252

secondary

#ABE1E1

accent

#EBEB3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5252

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

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