#DE5961#DE5961

#DE5961 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.166 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5961
RGB	rgb(222, 89, 97)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 52.55, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 57.22, 23.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1568 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.166 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8574, 23.5420, 13.9628)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5961 #59DED6

analogous

#DE59A3 #DE5961 #DE9359

triadic

#DE5961 #61DE59 #5961DE

tetradic

#DE5961 #A3DE59 #59DED6 #9359DE

square

#DE5961 #A3DE59 #59DED6 #9359DE

split-complementary

#DE5961 #59DE93 #59A3DE

monochromatic

#9D1F27 #D02933 #DE5961 #E88C92 #F2BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DE5961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#DE5961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5961

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5961	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 89, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.166 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d8d',
    500: '#de5961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5961;
$custom-light: #ee8d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.391,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63776,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5961

secondary

#B0E2DF

accent

#CFC417

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5961

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

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