#D45542#D45542

#D45542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.164 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D45542
RGB	rgb(212, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 48.91, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 61.07, 36.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.141 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.164 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3864, 20.8916, 7.5329)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D45542 #42C1D4

analogous

#D44278 #D45542 #D49E42

triadic

#D45542 #42D455 #5542D4

tetradic

#D45542 #78D442 #42C1D4 #9E42D4

square

#D45542 #78D442 #42C1D4 #9E42D4

split-complementary

#D45542 #42D49E #4278D4

monochromatic

#7F2A1D #B13A28 #D45542 #DF8274 #EBAFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#D45542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#D45542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D45542

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D45542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D45542	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E83951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d45542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.164 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e88a77',
    500: '#d45542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d45542;
$custom-light: #e88a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d45542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.808,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.612,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D45542

secondary

#9AD0D8

accent

#D1E642

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D45542

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

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