#DE6959#DE6959

#DE6959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.150 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6959
RGB	rgb(222, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 44.44, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 54.07, 34.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.1301 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.15 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9821, 26.3584, 12.5894)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6959 #59CEDE

analogous

#DE598B #DE6959 #DEAB59

triadic

#DE6959 #59DE69 #6959DE

tetradic

#DE6959 #8BDE59 #59CEDE #AB59DE

square

#DE6959 #8BDE59 #59CEDE #AB59DE

split-complementary

#DE6959 #59DEAB #598BDE

monochromatic

#9D2E1F #D03E29 #DE6959 #E8978C #F2C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#DE6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#DE6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6959

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6959	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F25465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.150 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9788',
    500: '#de6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6959;
$custom-light: #ee9788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.218,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65807,
    "c": 0.14965,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6959

secondary

#B0DCE2

accent

#B9CF17

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6959

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

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