#DE5F59#DE5F59

#DE5F59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.160 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5F59
RGB	rgb(222, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 49.23, 28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 56.86, 30.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1451 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.16 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0228, 24.4398, 12.2697)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5F59 #59D8DE

analogous

#DE5995 #DE5F59 #DEA159

triadic

#DE5F59 #59DE5F #5F59DE

tetradic

#DE5F59 #95DE59 #59D8DE #A159DE

square

#DE5F59 #95DE59 #59D8DE #A159DE

split-complementary

#DE5F59 #59DEA1 #5995DE

monochromatic

#9D251F #D03129 #DE5F59 #E8908C #F2C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DE5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#DE5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5F59

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5F59	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.160 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9188',
    500: '#de5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5f59;
$custom-light: #ee9188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.707,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5F59

secondary

#B0E0E2

accent

#C6CF17

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5F59

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

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