#DE6565#DE6565

#DE6565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.152 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6565
RGB	rgb(222, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 47.28, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 52.69, 26.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.1408 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.152 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1298, 25.7809, 15.3303)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6565 #65DEDE

analogous

#DE65A1 #DE6565 #DEA165

triadic

#DE6565 #65DE65 #6565DE

tetradic

#DE6565 #A1DE65 #65DEDE #A165DE

square

#DE6565 #A1DE65 #65DEDE #A165DE

split-complementary

#DE6565 #65DEA1 #65A1DE

monochromatic

#A52323 #D33333 #DE6565 #E99797 #F4CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#DE6565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#DE6565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6565

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6565	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F25166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.152 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9490',
    500: '#de6565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6565;
$custom-light: #ee9490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6565

secondary

#BAE5E5

accent

#CDCD19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6565

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

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