#DE5E59#DE5E59

#DE5E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.162 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E59
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 49.70, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 57.15, 29.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.1465 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.162 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9333, 24.2608, 12.2398)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E59 #59D9DE

analogous

#DE5996 #DE5E59 #DEA059

triadic

#DE5E59 #59DE5E #5E59DE

tetradic

#DE5E59 #96DE59 #59D9DE #A059DE

square

#DE5E59 #96DE59 #59D9DE #A059DE

split-complementary

#DE5E59 #59DEA0 #5996DE

monochromatic

#9D241F #D03029 #DE5E59 #E8908C #F2C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DE5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#DE5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E59

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E59	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.162 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9088',
    500: '#de5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e59;
$custom-light: #ee9088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64273,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E59

secondary

#B0E1E2

accent

#C8CF17

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E59

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

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