#DE5255#DE5255

#DE5255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.175 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5255
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 54.78, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 61.46, 26.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.1619 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.175 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7845, 22.2248, 11.0507)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5255 #52DEDB

analogous

#DE529B #DE5255 #DE9552

triadic

#DE5255 #55DE52 #5255DE

tetradic

#DE5255 #9BDE52 #52DEDB #9552DE

square

#DE5255 #9BDE52 #52DEDB #9552DE

split-complementary

#DE5255 #52DE95 #529BDE

monochromatic

#991D20 #CC272A #DE5255 #E88588 #F2B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DE5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DE5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5255

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5255	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)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.175 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8985',
    500: '#de5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5255;
$custom-light: #ef8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62684,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5255

secondary

#ABE1E0

accent

#EBE73D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5255

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

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