#DE556D#DE556D

#DE556D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.171 H 12.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE556D
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(349, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 55.27, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 57.28, 15.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.167 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.171 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1360, 23.1352, 17.0277)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE556D #55DEC6

analogous

#DE55B2 #DE556D #DE8155

triadic

#DE556D #6DDE55 #556DDE

tetradic

#DE556D #B2DE55 #55DEC6 #8155DE

square

#DE556D #B2DE55 #55DEC6 #8155DE

split-complementary

#DE556D #55DE81 #55B2DE

monochromatic

#9B1E34 #CE2845 #DE556D #E88899 #F2BCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DE556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DE556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE556D

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE556D	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74736D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.171 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b96',
    500: '#de556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de556d;
$custom-light: #ee8b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.489,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63545,
    "c": 0.17129,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE556D

secondary

#ADE2D8

accent

#CFAF16

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE556D

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

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