#DE555B#DE555B

#DE555B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE555B
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 53.89, 25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 59.45, 24.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1601 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.171 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2643, 22.7866, 12.4368)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE555B #55DED8

analogous

#DE55A0 #DE555B #DE9355

triadic

#DE555B #5BDE55 #555BDE

tetradic

#DE555B #A0DE55 #55DED8 #9355DE

square

#DE555B #A0DE55 #55DED8 #9355DE

split-complementary

#DE555B #55DE93 #55A0DE

monochromatic

#9B1E23 #CE282F #DE555B #E8888C #F2BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DE555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DE555B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE555B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE555B	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77715A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b89',
    500: '#de555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de555b;
$custom-light: #ef8b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.372,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63158,
    "c": 0.17133,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE555B

secondary

#ADE2DF

accent

#CFC716

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE555B

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

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