#DE5959#DE5959

#DE5959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.167 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5959
RGB	rgb(222, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 51.98, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 58.62, 27.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1537 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.167 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5030, 23.4002, 12.0964)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5959 #59DEDE

analogous

#DE599B #DE5959 #DE9B59

triadic

#DE5959 #59DE59 #5959DE

tetradic

#DE5959 #9BDE59 #59DEDE #9B59DE

square

#DE5959 #9BDE59 #59DEDE #9B59DE

split-complementary

#DE5959 #59DE9B #599BDE

monochromatic

#9D1F1F #D02929 #DE5959 #E88C8C #F2BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DE5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DE5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5959

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5959	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.167 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d88',
    500: '#de5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5959;
$custom-light: #ef8d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63621,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5959

secondary

#B0E2E2

accent

#CFCF17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5959

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

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