#DE556C#DE556C

#DE556C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.171 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE556C
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 55.19, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 57.35, 15.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1666 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.171 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0824, 23.1138, 16.7458)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE556C #55DEC7

analogous

#DE55B0 #DE556C #DE8255

triadic

#DE556C #6CDE55 #556CDE

tetradic

#DE556C #B0DE55 #55DEC7 #8255DE

square

#DE556C #B0DE55 #55DEC7 #8255DE

split-complementary

#DE556C #55DE82 #55B0DE

monochromatic

#9B1E33 #CE2844 #DE556C #E88898 #F2BCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DE556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DE556C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE556C

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE556C	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)

#74736C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.171 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b95',
    500: '#de556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de556c;
$custom-light: #ee8b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.927,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63521,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE556C

secondary

#ADE2D9

accent

#CFB016

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE556C

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

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