#DE5E51#DE5E51

#DE5E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.163 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E51
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 49.17, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 59.00, 33.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.1435 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.163 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6154, 24.1337, 10.5658)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E51 #51D1DE

analogous

#DE518B #DE5E51 #DEA551

triadic

#DE5E51 #51DE5E #5E51DE

tetradic

#DE5E51 #8BDE51 #51D1DE #A551DE

square

#DE5E51 #8BDE51 #51D1DE #A551DE

split-complementary

#DE5E51 #51DEA5 #518BDE

monochromatic

#98281D #CB3627 #DE5E51 #E88E84 #F2BDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DE5E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#DE5E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E51

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E51	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F764F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.163 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9082',
    500: '#de5e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e51;
$custom-light: #ef9082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.532,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64137,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E51

secondary

#AADCE1

accent

#DBEB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E51

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

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