#DE5456#DE5456

#DE5456 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.173 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5456
RGB	rgb(222, 84, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 53.98, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 60.68, 27.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1595 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.173 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9776, 22.5468, 11.3124)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5456 #54DEDC

analogous

#DE549B #DE5456 #DE9754

triadic

#DE5456 #56DE54 #5456DE

tetradic

#DE5456 #9BDE54 #54DEDC #9754DE

square

#DE5456 #9BDE54 #54DEDC #9754DE

split-complementary

#DE5456 #54DE97 #549BDE

monochromatic

#9A1E20 #CD282A #DE5456 #E88789 #F2BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DE5456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DE5456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5456

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5456	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 84, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.173 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a85',
    500: '#de5456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5456;
$custom-light: #ef8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62943,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5456

secondary

#ACE1E1

accent

#EBE83D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5456

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

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