#D96042#D96042

#D96042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.159 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96042
RGB	rgb(217, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 45.57, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 60.62, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1301 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.159 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7848, 23.5152, 7.9130)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96042 #42BBD9

analogous

#D9426F #D96042 #D9AC42

triadic

#D96042 #42D960 #6042D9

tetradic

#D96042 #6FD942 #42BBD9 #AC42D9

square

#D96042 #6FD942 #42BBD9 #AC42D9

split-complementary

#D96042 #42D9AC #426FD9

monochromatic

#86301B #B94225 #D96042 #E38B75 #EDB6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#D96042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#D96042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96042

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96042	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80753F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.159 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9077',
    500: '#d96042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96042;
$custom-light: #ec9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.921,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63448,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96042

secondary

#9CCEDB

accent

#C7E93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96042

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

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