#DE5E57#DE5E57

#DE5E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.162 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E57
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 49.56, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 57.58, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1458 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.162 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8505, 24.2277, 11.8035)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E57 #57D7DE

analogous

#DE5793 #DE5E57 #DEA157

triadic

#DE5E57 #57DE5E #5E57DE

tetradic

#DE5E57 #93DE57 #57D7DE #A157DE

square

#DE5E57 #93DE57 #57D7DE #A157DE

split-complementary

#DE5E57 #57DEA1 #5793DE

monochromatic

#9C251F #CF3129 #DE5E57 #E88F8A #F2C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DE5E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DE5E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E57

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E57	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#7E7656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.162 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9086',
    500: '#de5e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e57;
$custom-light: #ef9086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64238,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E57

secondary

#AFDFE2

accent

#C5CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E57

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

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