#D55E42#D55E42

#D55E42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.157 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55E42
RGB	rgb(213, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 45.05, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 59.38, 40.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.1289 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.157 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4298, 22.5491, 7.7979)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55E42 #42B9D5

analogous

#D5426F #D55E42 #D5A842

triadic

#D55E42 #42D55E #5E42D5

tetradic

#D55E42 #6FD542 #42B9D5 #A842D5

square

#D55E42 #6FD542 #42B9D5 #A842D5

split-complementary

#D55E42 #42D5A8 #426FD5

monochromatic

#802F1C #B24228 #D55E42 #E08974 #EBB3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#D55E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#D55E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55E42

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55E42	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E94558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.157 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98f77',
    500: '#d55e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55e42;
$custom-light: #e98f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62573,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55E42

secondary

#9ACDD8

accent

#C7E741

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55E42

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

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