#DE5E65#DE5E65

#DE5E65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.160 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E65
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 101)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 50.58, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 54.99, 23.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1512 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.16 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4789, 24.4791, 15.1133)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E65 #5EDED7

analogous

#DE5EA5 #DE5E65 #DE975E

triadic

#DE5E65 #65DE5E #5E65DE

tetradic

#DE5E65 #A5DE5E #5EDED7 #975EDE

square

#DE5E65 #A5DE5E #5EDED7 #975EDE

split-complementary

#DE5E65 #5EDE97 #5EA5DE

monochromatic

#A12128 #D32B35 #DE5E65 #E89196 #F3C4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#DE5E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#DE5E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E65

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E65	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.160 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9090',
    500: '#de5e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e65;
$custom-light: #ee9090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.719,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64506,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E65

secondary

#B4E4E1

accent

#CEC418

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E65

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

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