#DE5E56#DE5E56

#DE5E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.162 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E56
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 49.49, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 57.81, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1454 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.162 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8099, 24.2114, 11.5898)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E56 #56D6DE

analogous

#DE5692 #DE5E56 #DEA256

triadic

#DE5E56 #56DE5E #5E56DE

tetradic

#DE5E56 #92DE56 #56D6DE #A256DE

square

#DE5E56 #92DE56 #56D6DE #A256DE

split-complementary

#DE5E56 #56DEA2 #5692DE

monochromatic

#9B261E #CE3228 #DE5E56 #E88F89 #F2C0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DE5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DE5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E56

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E56	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)

#7E7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.162 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9085',
    500: '#de5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e56;
$custom-light: #ef9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6422,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E56

secondary

#AEDFE2

accent

#C4CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E56

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

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