#DE5261#DE5261

#DE5261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.174 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5261
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(354, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 55.61, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 59.48, 20.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1665 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.174 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3023, 22.4319, 13.7777)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5261 #52DECF

analogous

#DE52A7 #DE5261 #DE8952

triadic

#DE5261 #61DE52 #5261DE

tetradic

#DE5261 #A7DE52 #52DECF #8952DE

square

#DE5261 #A7DE52 #52DECF #8952DE

split-complementary

#DE5261 #52DE89 #52A7DE

monochromatic

#991D2A #CC2739 #DE5261 #E88590 #F2B9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DE5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#DE5261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5261

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5261	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.174 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef898d',
    500: '#de5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5261;
$custom-light: #ef898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62918,
    "c": 0.17445,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5261

secondary

#ABE1DB

accent

#EBD83D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5261

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

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