#DE5256#DE5256

#DE5256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.175 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5256
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 54.84, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 61.26, 26.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1622 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.175 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8245, 22.2408, 11.2614)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5256 #52DEDA

analogous

#DE529C #DE5256 #DE9452

triadic

#DE5256 #56DE52 #5256DE

tetradic

#DE5256 #9CDE52 #52DEDA #9452DE

square

#DE5256 #9CDE52 #52DEDA #9452DE

split-complementary

#DE5256 #52DE94 #529CDE

monochromatic

#991D21 #CC272C #DE5256 #E88588 #F2B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DE5256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DE5256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5256

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5256	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.175 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8985',
    500: '#de5256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5256;
$custom-light: #ef8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62702,
    "c": 0.17503,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5256

secondary

#ABE1E0

accent

#EBE63D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5256

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

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