#DE5541#DE5541

#DE5541 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.175 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5541
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 52.36, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 65.55, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1505 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.175 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3304, 22.4130, 7.5184)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5541 #41CADE

analogous

#DE417C #DE5541 #DEA441

triadic

#DE5541 #41DE55 #5541DE

tetradic

#DE5541 #7CDE41 #41CADE #A441DE

square

#DE5541 #7CDE41 #41CADE #A441DE

split-complementary

#DE5541 #41DEA4 #417CDE

monochromatic

#8C2718 #C03621 #DE5541 #E78475 #F0B2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DE5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DE5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5541

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5541	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.175 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08a76',
    500: '#de5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5541;
$custom-light: #f08a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.643,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6274,
    "c": 0.17528,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5541

secondary

#9DD5DE

accent

#D6ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5541

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

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