#DE5259#DE5259

#DE5259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.175 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5259
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 55.04, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 60.71, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.1634 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.175 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9480, 22.2901, 11.9114)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5259 #52DED7

analogous

#DE529F #DE5259 #DE9152

triadic

#DE5259 #59DE52 #5259DE

tetradic

#DE5259 #9FDE52 #52DED7 #9152DE

square

#DE5259 #9FDE52 #52DED7 #9152DE

split-complementary

#DE5259 #52DE91 #529FDE

monochromatic

#991D23 #CC272F #DE5259 #E8858A #F2B9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DE5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DE5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5259

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5259	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.175 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8987',
    500: '#de5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5259;
$custom-light: #ef8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62758,
    "c": 0.17479,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5259

secondary

#ABE1DE

accent

#EBE23D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5259

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

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