#DE5253#DE5253

#DE5253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.175 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5253
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 54.65, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 61.86, 27.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1611 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.175 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7062, 22.1934, 10.6381)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5253 #52DEDD

analogous

#DE5299 #DE5253 #DE9752

triadic

#DE5253 #53DE52 #5253DE

tetradic

#DE5253 #99DE52 #52DEDD #9752DE

square

#DE5253 #99DE52 #52DEDD #9752DE

split-complementary

#DE5253 #52DE97 #5299DE

monochromatic

#991D1E #CC2728 #DE5253 #E88586 #F2B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DE5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DE5253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5253

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5253	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.175 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8983',
    500: '#de5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5253;
$custom-light: #ef8983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62649,
    "c": 0.17534,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5253

secondary

#ABE1E1

accent

#EBEA3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5253

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

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