#DE5E79#DE5E79

#DE5E79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.161 H 9.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5E79
RGB	rgb(222, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(347, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 52.34, 10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 53.37, 11.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.1588 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.161 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5808, 24.9198, 20.9164)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5E79 #5EDEC3

analogous

#DE5EB9 #DE5E79 #DE835E

triadic

#DE5E79 #79DE5E #5E79DE

tetradic

#DE5E79 #B9DE5E #5EDEC3 #835EDE

square

#DE5E79 #B9DE5E #5EDEC3 #835EDE

split-complementary

#DE5E79 #5EDE83 #5EB9DE

monochromatic

#A1213C #D32B4F #DE5E79 #E891A3 #F3C4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#DE5E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#DE5E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5E79

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5E79	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79797A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.161 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed919f',
    500: '#de5e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5e79;
$custom-light: #ed919f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.344,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64973,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5E79

secondary

#B4E4DA

accent

#CEA718

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FEF1F2

border

#D6CBCC

text

#170D0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5E79

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

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