#DE5B56#DE5B56

#DE5B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.165 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5B56
RGB	rgb(222, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 50.87, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 58.66, 29.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.1497 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.165 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5483, 23.6882, 11.5026)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5B56 #56D9DE

analogous

#DE5695 #DE5B56 #DE9F56

triadic

#DE5B56 #56DE5B #5B56DE

tetradic

#DE5B56 #95DE56 #56D9DE #9F56DE

square

#DE5B56 #95DE56 #56D9DE #9F56DE

split-complementary

#DE5B56 #56DE9F #5695DE

monochromatic

#9B231E #CE2E28 #DE5B56 #E88D89 #F2BEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#DE5B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#DE5B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5B56

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5B56	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.165 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8e85',
    500: '#de5b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5b56;
$custom-light: #ef8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.206,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63825,
    "c": 0.16529,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5B56

secondary

#AEE0E2

accent

#C8CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5B56

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

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