#DE5950#DE5950

#DE5950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.168 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5950
RGB	rgb(222, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 51.40, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 60.59, 31.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1503 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.168 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1479, 23.2582, 10.2263)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5950 #50D5DE

analogous

#DE508E #DE5950 #DEA050

triadic

#DE5950 #50DE59 #5950DE

tetradic

#DE5950 #8EDE50 #50D5DE #A050DE

square

#DE5950 #8EDE50 #50D5DE #A050DE

split-complementary

#DE5950 #50DEA0 #508EDE

monochromatic

#97241C #CB3126 #DE5950 #E88A83 #F1BBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DE5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DE5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5950

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5950	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)

#7C734E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.168 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d81',
    500: '#de5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5950;
$custom-light: #ef8d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.803,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63465,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5950

secondary

#A9DDE1

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5950

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

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