#DE5552#DE5552

#DE5552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5552
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 53.30, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 61.23, 29.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1566 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.172 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8991, 22.6405, 10.5133)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5552 #52DBDE

analogous

#DE5295 #DE5552 #DE9B52

triadic

#DE5552 #52DE55 #5552DE

tetradic

#DE5552 #95DE52 #52DBDE #9B52DE

square

#DE5552 #95DE52 #52DBDE #9B52DE

split-complementary

#DE5552 #52DE9B #5295DE

monochromatic

#99201D #CC2A27 #DE5552 #E88885 #F2BAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DE5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#DE5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5552

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5552	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b82',
    500: '#de5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5552;
$custom-light: #ef8b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62995,
    "c": 0.17229,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5552

secondary

#ABE0E1

accent

#E7EB3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5552

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

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