#DE5E48#DE5E48

#DE5E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.165 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E48
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 48.65, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 61.42, 37.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.1402 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.165 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3001, 24.0075, 8.9047)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E48 #48C8DE

analogous

#DE487D #DE5E48 #DEA948

triadic

#DE5E48 #48DE5E #5E48DE

tetradic

#DE5E48 #7DDE48 #48C8DE #A948DE

square

#DE5E48 #7DDE48 #48C8DE #A948DE

split-complementary

#DE5E48 #48DEA9 #487DDE

monochromatic

#912C1A #C53B24 #DE5E48 #E78C7C #F1B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DE5E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DE5E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E48

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E48	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F34359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.165 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef907c',
    500: '#de5e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e48;
$custom-light: #ef907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.16492,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E48

secondary

#A3D6DF

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E48

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

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