#DE5A55#DE5A55

#DE5A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.167 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5A55
RGB	rgb(222, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 51.26, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 59.16, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1508 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.167 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4234, 23.5024, 11.2636)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5A55 #55D9DE

analogous

#DE5594 #DE5A55 #DE9F55

triadic

#DE5A55 #55DE5A #5A55DE

tetradic

#DE5A55 #94DE55 #55D9DE #9F55DE

square

#DE5A55 #94DE55 #55D9DE #9F55DE

split-complementary

#DE5A55 #55DE9F #5594DE

monochromatic

#9B231E #CE2E28 #DE5A55 #E88C88 #F2BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DE5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#DE5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5A55

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5A55	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)

#7C7454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.167 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8e85',
    500: '#de5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5a55;
$custom-light: #ef8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.19,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63678,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5A55

secondary

#ADE0E2

accent

#C9CF16

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5A55

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

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