#DE5656#DE5656

#DE5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5656
RGB	rgb(222, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 53.11, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 60.10, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.1568 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.171 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1350, 22.8617, 11.3649)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5656 #56DEDE

analogous

#DE569A #DE5656 #DE9A56

triadic

#DE5656 #56DE56 #5656DE

tetradic

#DE5656 #9ADE56 #56DEDE #9A56DE

square

#DE5656 #9ADE56 #56DEDE #9A56DE

split-complementary

#DE5656 #56DE9A #569ADE

monochromatic

#9B1E1E #CE2828 #DE5656 #E88989 #F2BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DE5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DE5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5656

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5656	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b85',
    500: '#de5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5656;
$custom-light: #ef8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63189,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5656

secondary

#AEE2E2

accent

#CFCF16

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5656

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

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