#DE5C55#DE5C55

#DE5C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.164 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5C55
RGB	rgb(222, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 50.35, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 58.60, 30.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1479 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.164 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5943, 23.8444, 11.3206)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5C55 #55D7DE

analogous

#DE5592 #DE5C55 #DEA155

triadic

#DE5C55 #55DE5C #5C55DE

tetradic

#DE5C55 #92DE55 #55D7DE #A155DE

square

#DE5C55 #92DE55 #55D7DE #A155DE

split-complementary

#DE5C55 #55DEA1 #5592DE

monochromatic

#9B241E #CE3028 #DE5C55 #E88D88 #F2BEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DE5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#DE5C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5C55

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5C55	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.164 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8f85',
    500: '#de5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5c55;
$custom-light: #ef8f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.066,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63938,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5C55

secondary

#ADDFE2

accent

#C6CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5C55

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

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