#DE556E#DE556E

#DE556E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.171 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE556E
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(349, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 55.36, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 57.22, 14.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1674 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.171 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1901, 23.1569, 17.3128)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE556E #55DEC5

analogous

#DE55B3 #DE556E #DE8055

triadic

#DE556E #6EDE55 #556EDE

tetradic

#DE556E #B3DE55 #55DEC5 #8055DE

square

#DE556E #B3DE55 #55DEC5 #8055DE

split-complementary

#DE556E #55DE80 #55B3DE

monochromatic

#9B1E35 #CE2846 #DE556E #E8889A #F2BCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DE556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DE556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE556E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE556E	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)

#74736E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.171 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b97',
    500: '#de556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de556e;
$custom-light: #ee8b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.051,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63569,
    "c": 0.17137,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE556E

secondary

#ADE2D8

accent

#CFAE16

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE556E

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

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