#DE4440#DE4440

#DE4440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.192 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4440
RGB	rgb(222, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 59.26, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 69.87, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1719 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.192 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1204, 20.0389, 6.9734)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4440 #40DADE

analogous

#DE408B #DE4440 #DE9340

triadic

#DE4440 #40DE44 #4440DE

tetradic

#DE4440 #8BDE40 #40DADE #9340DE

square

#DE4440 #8BDE40 #40DADE #9340DE

split-complementary

#DE4440 #40DE93 #408BDE

monochromatic

#8B1B18 #C02521 #DE4440 #E77774 #F0AAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#DE4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#DE4440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4440

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4440	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F40D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.192 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18175',
    500: '#de4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4440;
$custom-light: #f18175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.519,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60799,
    "c": 0.19152,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4440

secondary

#9CDCDE

accent

#E9ED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4440

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

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