#DE5B59#DE5B59

#DE5B59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.165 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5B59
RGB	rgb(222, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 51.07, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 58.03, 28.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.1509 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.165 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6717, 23.7376, 12.1526)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5B59 #59DCDE

analogous

#DE5999 #DE5B59 #DE9D59

triadic

#DE5B59 #59DE5B #5B59DE

tetradic

#DE5B59 #99DE59 #59DCDE #9D59DE

square

#DE5B59 #99DE59 #59DCDE #9D59DE

split-complementary

#DE5B59 #59DE9D #5999DE

monochromatic

#9D211F #D02C29 #DE5B59 #E88D8C #F2C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DE5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DE5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5B59

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5B59	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.165 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8e88',
    500: '#de5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5b59;
$custom-light: #ef8e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63878,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5B59

secondary

#B0E2E2

accent

#CCCF17

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5B59

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

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