#DE555D#DE555D

#DE555D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE555D
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 93)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 54.03, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 59.12, 23.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1608 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.171 20)
XYZ	xyz(35.3517, 22.8215, 12.8972)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE555D #55DED6

analogous

#DE55A2 #DE555D #DE9155

triadic

#DE555D #5DDE55 #555DDE

tetradic

#DE555D #A2DE55 #55DED6 #9155DE

square

#DE555D #A2DE55 #55DED6 #9155DE

split-complementary

#DE555D #55DE91 #55A2DE

monochromatic

#9B1E25 #CE2832 #DE555D #E8888E #F2BCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DE555D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DE555D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE555D

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE555D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE555D	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#77715C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de555d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b8a',
    500: '#de555d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de555d;
$custom-light: #ef8b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de555d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.496,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63197,
    "c": 0.1712,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.22817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE555D

secondary

#ADE2DF

accent

#CFC516

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE555D

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

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