#DE6A51#DE6A51

#DE6A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.151 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6A51
RGB	rgb(222, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 43.41, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 55.99, 39.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1256 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.151 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7667, 26.4362, 10.9495)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6A51 #51C5DE

analogous

#DE517F #DE6A51 #DEB051

triadic

#DE6A51 #51DE6A #6A51DE

tetradic

#DE6A51 #7FDE51 #51C5DE #B051DE

square

#DE6A51 #7FDE51 #51C5DE #B051DE

split-complementary

#DE6A51 #51DEB0 #517FDE

monochromatic

#98331D #CB4427 #DE6A51 #E89684 #F2C2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#DE6A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#DE6A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6A51

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6A51	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F25464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.151 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9782',
    500: '#de6a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6a51;
$custom-light: #ee9782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6A51

secondary

#AAD7E1

accent

#CCEB3D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6A51

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

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