#DE5E49#DE5E49

#DE5E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.165 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E49
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 48.70, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 61.13, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.1406 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.165 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3329, 24.0207, 9.0779)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E49 #49C9DE

analogous

#DE497F #DE5E49 #DEA849

triadic

#DE5E49 #49DE5E #5E49DE

tetradic

#DE5E49 #7FDE49 #49C9DE #A849DE

square

#DE5E49 #7FDE49 #49C9DE #A849DE

split-complementary

#DE5E49 #49DEA8 #497FDE

monochromatic

#922B1A #C63B24 #DE5E49 #E78C7D #F1BAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DE5E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DE5E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E49

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E49	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)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.165 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef907c',
    500: '#de5e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e49;
$custom-light: #ef907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.456,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64015,
    "c": 0.16468,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E49

secondary

#A4D7DF

accent

#D3EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E49

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

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