#DE5E55#DE5E55

#DE5E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.162 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E55
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 49.43, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 58.04, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.145 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.162 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7699, 24.1954, 11.3791)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E55 #55D5DE

analogous

#DE5590 #DE5E55 #DEA355

triadic

#DE5E55 #55DE5E #5E55DE

tetradic

#DE5E55 #90DE55 #55D5DE #A355DE

square

#DE5E55 #90DE55 #55D5DE #A355DE

split-complementary

#DE5E55 #55DEA3 #5590DE

monochromatic

#9B261E #CE3328 #DE5E55 #E88F88 #F2BFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DE5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DE5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E55

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E55	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.162 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9085',
    500: '#de5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e55;
$custom-light: #ef9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64203,
    "c": 0.16221,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E55

secondary

#ADDEE2

accent

#C3CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E55

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

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