#DE5B43#DE5B43

#DE5B43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.169 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5B43
RGB	rgb(222, 91, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 49.77, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 63.57, 38.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1428 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.169 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8819, 23.4217, 7.9931)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5B43 #43C6DE

analogous

#DE4379 #DE5B43 #DEA843

triadic

#DE5B43 #43DE5B #5B43DE

tetradic

#DE5B43 #79DE43 #43C6DE #A843DE

square

#DE5B43 #79DE43 #43C6DE #A843DE

split-complementary

#DE5B43 #43DEA8 #4379DE

monochromatic

#8E2B19 #C23B22 #DE5B43 #E78877 #F0B6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DE5B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DE5B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5B43

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5B43	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	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)

#7E7340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 91, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.169 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08e78',
    500: '#de5b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5b43;
$custom-light: #f08e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.29,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63534,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5B43

secondary

#9FD4DE

accent

#D1ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5B43

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

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