#DE5562#DE5562

#DE5562 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.171 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5562
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 98)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 54.39, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 58.38, 21.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.1628 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.171 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5804, 22.9130, 14.1019)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5562 #55DED1

analogous

#DE55A6 #DE5562 #DE8D55

triadic

#DE5562 #62DE55 #5562DE

tetradic

#DE5562 #A6DE55 #55DED1 #8D55DE

square

#DE5562 #A6DE55 #55DED1 #8D55DE

split-complementary

#DE5562 #55DE8D #55A6DE

monochromatic

#9B1E2A #CE2838 #DE5562 #E88891 #F2BCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DE5562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DE5562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5562

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5562	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.171 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b8e',
    500: '#de5562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5562;
$custom-light: #ee8b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.307,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63299,
    "c": 0.17099,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5562

secondary

#ADE2DD

accent

#CFBE16

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5562

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

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