#DE553B#DE553B

#DE553B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.177 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE553B
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 52.09, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 67.29, 39.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1485 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.177 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1657, 22.3471, 6.6512)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE553B #3BC4DE

analogous

#DE3B72 #DE553B #DEA73B

triadic

#DE553B #3BDE55 #553BDE

tetradic

#DE553B #72DE3B #3BC4DE #A73BDE

square

#DE553B #72DE3B #3BC4DE #A73BDE

split-complementary

#DE553B #3BDEA7 #3B72DE

monochromatic

#882917 #BC3920 #DE553B #E7826F #F0B0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DE553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DE553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE553B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE553B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.177 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08a72',
    500: '#de553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de553b;
$custom-light: #f08a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.571,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62666,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE553B

secondary

#98D2DD

accent

#D1EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE553B

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

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