#DE5553#DE5553

#DE5553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5553
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 53.36, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 61.01, 29.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.157 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.172 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9374, 22.6558, 10.7152)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5553 #53DCDE

analogous

#DE5397 #DE5553 #DE9A53

triadic

#DE5553 #53DE55 #5553DE

tetradic

#DE5553 #97DE53 #53DCDE #9A53DE

square

#DE5553 #97DE53 #53DCDE #9A53DE

split-complementary

#DE5553 #53DE9A #5397DE

monochromatic

#991F1D #CD2A27 #DE5553 #E88886 #F2BBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DE5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#DE5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5553

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5553	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)

#787152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b83',
    500: '#de5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5553;
$custom-light: #ef8b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63013,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5553

secondary

#ACE0E1

accent

#E8EB3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5553

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

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