#DE5C53#DE5C53

#DE5C53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.165 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5C53
RGB	rgb(222, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 50.22, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 59.06, 31.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1471 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.165 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5160, 23.8130, 10.9081)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5C53 #53D5DE

analogous

#DE538F #DE5C53 #DEA253

triadic

#DE5C53 #53DE5C #5C53DE

tetradic

#DE5C53 #8FDE53 #53D5DE #A253DE

square

#DE5C53 #8FDE53 #53D5DE #A253DE

split-complementary

#DE5C53 #53DEA2 #538FDE

monochromatic

#99251D #CD3227 #DE5C53 #E88D86 #F2BDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DE5C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#DE5C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5C53

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5C53	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.165 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8f83',
    500: '#de5c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5c53;
$custom-light: #ef8f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63904,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5C53

secondary

#ACDEE1

accent

#DFEB3D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5C53

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

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