#DE5E50#DE5E50

#DE5E50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.163 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E50
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 49.11, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 59.26, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1431 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.163 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5782, 24.1188, 10.3697)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E50 #50D0DE

analogous

#DE5089 #DE5E50 #DEA550

triadic

#DE5E50 #50DE5E #5E50DE

tetradic

#DE5E50 #89DE50 #50D0DE #A550DE

square

#DE5E50 #89DE50 #50D0DE #A550DE

split-complementary

#DE5E50 #50DEA5 #5089DE

monochromatic

#97291C #CB3626 #DE5E50 #E88D83 #F1BDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DE5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#DE5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E50

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E50	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F764E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.163 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9081',
    500: '#de5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e50;
$custom-light: #ef9081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.915,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.16316,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E50

secondary

#A9DBE1

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E50

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

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