#DE6556#DE6556

#DE6556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.155 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6556
RGB	rgb(222, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 46.18, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 55.89, 34.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.135 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.155 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4608, 25.5133, 11.8068)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6556 #56CFDE

analogous

#DE568B #DE6556 #DEA956

triadic

#DE6556 #56DE65 #6556DE

tetradic

#DE6556 #8BDE56 #56CFDE #A956DE

square

#DE6556 #8BDE56 #56CFDE #A956DE

split-complementary

#DE6556 #56DEA9 #568BDE

monochromatic

#9B2C1E #CE3B28 #DE6556 #E89489 #F2C2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#DE6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#DE6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6556

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6556	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.155 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9486',
    500: '#de6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6556;
$custom-light: #ee9486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.618,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65183,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6556

secondary

#AEDCE2

accent

#BBCF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6556

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

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