#DE5960#DE5960

#DE5960 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.166 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5960
RGB	rgb(222, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 52.48, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 57.37, 23.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.1564 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.166 20)
XYZ	xyz(35.8110, 23.5234, 13.7187)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5960 #59DED7

analogous

#DE59A2 #DE5960 #DE9459

triadic

#DE5960 #60DE59 #5960DE

tetradic

#DE5960 #A2DE59 #59DED7 #9459DE

square

#DE5960 #A2DE59 #59DED7 #9459DE

split-complementary

#DE5960 #59DE94 #59A2DE

monochromatic

#9D1F26 #D02932 #DE5960 #E88C91 #F2BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DE5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#DE5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5960

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5960	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79745F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.166 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d8d',
    500: '#de5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5960;
$custom-light: #ee8d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63756,
    "c": 0.16646,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.23519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5960

secondary

#B0E2E0

accent

#CFC517

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5960

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

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