#DF5255#DF5255

#DF5255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.176 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5255
RGB	rgb(223, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, 55.11, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 61.86, 27.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.1628 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.176 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0918, 22.3832, 11.0651)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5255 #52DFDC

analogous

#DF529C #DF5255 #DF9552

triadic

#DF5255 #55DF52 #5255DF

tetradic

#DF5255 #9CDF52 #52DFDC #9552DF

square

#DF5255 #9CDF52 #52DFDC #9552DF

split-complementary

#DF5255 #52DF95 #529CDF

monochromatic

#9A1D1F #CE262A #DF5255 #E98688 #F2B9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DF5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DF5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5255

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5255	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.176 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08985',
    500: '#df5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5255;
$custom-light: #f08985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.723,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5255

secondary

#ABE2E0

accent

#ECE83C

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5255

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

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