#DE6161#DE6161

#DE6161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.157 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6161
RGB	rgb(222, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, 48.87, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 54.66, 26.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.1452 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.157 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5597, 24.9465, 14.1969)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6161 #61DEDE

analogous

#DE619F #DE6161 #DE9F61

triadic

#DE6161 #61DE61 #6161DE

tetradic

#DE6161 #9FDE61 #61DEDE #9F61DE

square

#DE6161 #9FDE61 #61DEDE #9F61DE

split-complementary

#DE6161 #61DE9F #619FDE

monochromatic

#A32222 #D32E2E #DE6161 #E99494 #F3C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#DE6161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#DE6161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6161

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6161	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E935E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.157 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee928e',
    500: '#de6161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6161;
$custom-light: #ee928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64828,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6161

secondary

#B7E4E4

accent

#CDCD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6161

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

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