#DE555C#DE555C

#DE555C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE555C
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 53.96, 24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 59.28, 24.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.1605 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.171 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3077, 22.8039, 12.6655)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE555C #55DED7

analogous

#DE55A1 #DE555C #DE9255

triadic

#DE555C #5CDE55 #555CDE

tetradic

#DE555C #A1DE55 #55DED7 #9255DE

square

#DE555C #A1DE55 #55DED7 #9255DE

split-complementary

#DE555C #55DE92 #55A1DE

monochromatic

#9B1E24 #CE2830 #DE555C #E8888D #F2BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DE555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DE555C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE555C

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE555C	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)

#77715B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b8a',
    500: '#de555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de555c;
$custom-light: #ef8b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63178,
    "c": 0.17127,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE555C

secondary

#ADE2DF

accent

#CFC616

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE555C

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

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