#DE5566#DE5566

#DE5566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.171 H 16.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5566
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(353, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 54.70, 18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 57.89, 19.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1643 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.171 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7740, 22.9905, 15.1216)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5566 #55DECD

analogous

#DE55AA #DE5566 #DE8955

triadic

#DE5566 #66DE55 #5566DE

tetradic

#DE5566 #AADE55 #55DECD #8955DE

square

#DE5566 #AADE55 #55DECD #8955DE

split-complementary

#DE5566 #55DE89 #55AADE

monochromatic

#9B1E2D #CE283D #DE5566 #E88894 #F2BCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DE5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DE5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5566

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5566	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.171 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b91',
    500: '#de5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5566;
$custom-light: #ee8b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.555,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63385,
    "c": 0.17098,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5566

secondary

#ADE2DB

accent

#CFB816

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5566

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

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