#DE5957#DE5957

#DE5957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.167 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5957
RGB	rgb(222, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 51.84, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 59.02, 28.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.1529 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.167 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4202, 23.3671, 11.6601)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5957 #57DCDE

analogous

#DE5798 #DE5957 #DE9C57

triadic

#DE5957 #57DE59 #5957DE

tetradic

#DE5957 #98DE57 #57DCDE #9C57DE

square

#DE5957 #98DE57 #57DCDE #9C57DE

split-complementary

#DE5957 #57DE9C #5798DE

monochromatic

#9C201F #CF2B29 #DE5957 #E88C8A #F2BEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DE5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DE5957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5957

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5957	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.167 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d86',
    500: '#de5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5957;
$custom-light: #ef8d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63585,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5957

secondary

#AFE1E2

accent

#CCCF16

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5957

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

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