#D55E40#D55E40

#D55E40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.157 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55E40
RGB	rgb(213, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 44.95, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 59.99, 41.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1282 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.157 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3719, 22.5259, 7.4928)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55E40 #40B7D5

analogous

#D5406C #D55E40 #D5A940

triadic

#D55E40 #40D55E #5E40D5

tetradic

#D55E40 #6CD540 #40B7D5 #A940D5

square

#D55E40 #6CD540 #40B7D5 #A940D5

split-complementary

#D55E40 #40D5A9 #406CD5

monochromatic

#7F301C #B14327 #D55E40 #E08872 #EBB3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#D55E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#D55E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55E40

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55E40	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E94557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.157 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98f76',
    500: '#d55e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55e40;
$custom-light: #e98f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.081,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62547,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55E40

secondary

#99CBD8

accent

#C6E741

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55E40

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

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