#DE5E53#DE5E53

#DE5E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.163 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E53
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 49.30, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 58.51, 32.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1443 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.163 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6915, 24.1641, 10.9666)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E53 #53D3DE

analogous

#DE538E #DE5E53 #DEA353

triadic

#DE5E53 #53DE5E #5E53DE

tetradic

#DE5E53 #8EDE53 #53D3DE #A353DE

square

#DE5E53 #8EDE53 #53D3DE #A353DE

split-complementary

#DE5E53 #53DEA3 #538EDE

monochromatic

#99271D #CD3427 #DE5E53 #E88E86 #F2BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DE5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#DE5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E53

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E53	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)

#7F7651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.163 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9083',
    500: '#de5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e53;
$custom-light: #ef9083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64169,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E53

secondary

#ACDDE1

accent

#DDEB3D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E53

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

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