#DE5B50#DE5B50

#DE5B50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.166 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5B50
RGB	rgb(222, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 50.49, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 60.05, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1475 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.166 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3166, 23.5956, 10.2825)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5B50 #50D3DE

analogous

#DE508C #DE5B50 #DEA250

triadic

#DE5B50 #50DE5B #5B50DE

tetradic

#DE5B50 #8CDE50 #50D3DE #A250DE

square

#DE5B50 #8CDE50 #50D3DE #A250DE

split-complementary

#DE5B50 #50DEA2 #508CDE

monochromatic

#97261C #CB3326 #DE5B50 #E88B83 #F1BCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DE5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DE5B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5B50

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5B50	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F34059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.166 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8e81',
    500: '#de5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5b50;
$custom-light: #ef8e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.648,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63724,
    "c": 0.16628,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5B50

secondary

#A9DCE1

accent

#DEEB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5B50

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

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