#DE6261#DE6261

#DE6261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.156 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6261
RGB	rgb(222, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 48.40, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 54.35, 27.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.1437 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.156 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6526, 25.1325, 14.2278)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6261 #61DDDE

analogous

#DE619E #DE6261 #DEA061

triadic

#DE6261 #61DE62 #6261DE

tetradic

#DE6261 #9EDE61 #61DDDE #A061DE

square

#DE6261 #9EDE61 #61DDDE #A061DE

split-complementary

#DE6261 #61DEA0 #619EDE

monochromatic

#A32322 #D3302E #DE6261 #E99494 #F3C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#DE6261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#DE6261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6261

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6261	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.156 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee938e',
    500: '#de6261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6261;
$custom-light: #ee938e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.48,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64965,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6261

secondary

#B7E4E4

accent

#CCCD18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6261

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

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