#DE6550#DE6550

#DE6550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.156 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6550
RGB	rgb(222, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 45.79, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 57.47, 37.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.1328 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.156 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2292, 25.4206, 10.5867)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6550 #50C9DE

analogous

#DE5082 #DE6550 #DEAC50

triadic

#DE6550 #50DE65 #6550DE

tetradic

#DE6550 #82DE50 #50C9DE #AC50DE

square

#DE6550 #82DE50 #50C9DE #AC50DE

split-complementary

#DE6550 #50DEAC #5082DE

monochromatic

#972F1C #CB3F26 #DE6550 #E89283 #F1C0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#DE6550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#DE6550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6550

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6550	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F34E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.156 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9481',
    500: '#de6550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6550;
$custom-light: #ef9481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.873,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65087,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6550

secondary

#A9D8E1

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6550

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

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