#DE5A51#DE5A51

#DE5A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.167 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5A51
RGB	rgb(222, 90, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 51.01, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 60.08, 31.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1493 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.167 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2689, 23.4406, 10.4503)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5A51 #51D5DE

analogous

#DE518F #DE5A51 #DEA151

triadic

#DE5A51 #51DE5A #5A51DE

tetradic

#DE5A51 #8FDE51 #51D5DE #A151DE

square

#DE5A51 #8FDE51 #51D5DE #A151DE

split-complementary

#DE5A51 #51DEA1 #518FDE

monochromatic

#98251D #CB3127 #DE5A51 #E88B84 #F2BCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DE5A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DE5A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5A51

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5A51	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 90, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.167 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d82',
    500: '#de5a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5a51;
$custom-light: #ef8d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.83,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6361,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5A51

secondary

#AADDE1

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5A51

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

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