#DE556B#DE556B

#DE556B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.171 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE556B
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 107)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 55.10, 16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 57.42, 16.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1662 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.171 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0295, 23.0927, 16.4671)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE556B #55DEC8

analogous

#DE55AF #DE556B #DE8355

triadic

#DE556B #6BDE55 #556BDE

tetradic

#DE556B #AFDE55 #55DEC8 #8355DE

square

#DE556B #AFDE55 #55DEC8 #8355DE

split-complementary

#DE556B #55DE83 #55AFDE

monochromatic

#9B1E32 #CE2843 #DE556B #E88898 #F2BCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DE556B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DE556B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE556B

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE556B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE556B	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75726B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de556b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.171 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b95',
    500: '#de556b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de556b;
$custom-light: #ee8b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de556b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.365,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63498,
    "c": 0.17116,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE556B

secondary

#ADE2D9

accent

#CFB216

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE556B

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

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