#DE6255#DE6255

#DE6255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.158 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6255
RGB	rgb(222, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 47.55, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 56.94, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.1391 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.158 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1348, 24.9254, 11.5008)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6255 #55D1DE

analogous

#DE558D #DE6255 #DEA655

triadic

#DE6255 #55DE62 #6255DE

tetradic

#DE6255 #8DDE55 #55D1DE #A655DE

square

#DE6255 #8DDE55 #55D1DE #A655DE

split-complementary

#DE6255 #55DEA6 #558DDE

monochromatic

#9B2A1E #CE3828 #DE6255 #E89188 #F2C1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#DE6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#DE6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6255

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6255	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)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.158 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9285',
    500: '#de6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6255;
$custom-light: #ee9285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.693,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64747,
    "c": 0.15794,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6255

secondary

#ADDDE2

accent

#BECF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6255

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

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