#DE555E#DE555E

#DE555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE555E
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 54.10, 23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 58.96, 23.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1612 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.171 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3963, 22.8394, 13.1320)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE555E #55DED5

analogous

#DE55A3 #DE555E #DE9055

triadic

#DE555E #5EDE55 #555EDE

tetradic

#DE555E #A3DE55 #55DED5 #9055DE

square

#DE555E #A3DE55 #55DED5 #9055DE

split-complementary

#DE555E #55DE90 #55A3DE

monochromatic

#9B1E26 #CE2833 #DE555E #E8888F #F2BCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DE555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DE555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE555E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE555E	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77715D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b8b',
    500: '#de555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de555e;
$custom-light: #ef8b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.058,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63217,
    "c": 0.17114,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE555E

secondary

#ADE2DE

accent

#CFC316

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE555E

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

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