#DE5859#DE5859

#DE5859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.168 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5859
RGB	rgb(222, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(360, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 52.43, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 58.92, 27.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1551 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.168 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4204, 23.2349, 12.0688)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5859 #58DEDD

analogous

#DE589C #DE5859 #DE9A58

triadic

#DE5859 #59DE58 #5859DE

tetradic

#DE5859 #9CDE58 #58DEDD #9A58DE

square

#DE5859 #9CDE58 #58DEDD #9A58DE

split-complementary

#DE5859 #58DE9A #589CDE

monochromatic

#9D1F20 #D0292A #DE5859 #E88B8C #F2BEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DE5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DE5859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5859

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5859	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.168 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8c88',
    500: '#de5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5859;
$custom-light: #ef8c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.16819,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5859

secondary

#B0E2E2

accent

#CFCE17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5859

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

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