#DE4538#DE4538

#DE4538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.192 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4538
RGB	rgb(222, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 74.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 58.54, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 71.77, 35.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.168 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.192 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9699, 20.0763, 5.8797)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4538 #38D1DE

analogous

#DE387E #DE4538 #DE9838

triadic

#DE4538 #38DE45 #4538DE

tetradic

#DE4538 #7EDE38 #38D1DE #9838DE

square

#DE4538 #7EDE38 #38D1DE #9838DE

split-complementary

#DE4538 #38DE98 #387EDE

monochromatic

#851F16 #BA2B1F #DE4538 #E7766C #EFA7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#DE4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#DE4538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4538

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4538	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)

#716735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F40D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.192 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1826f',
    500: '#de4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4538;
$custom-light: #f1826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.699,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.608,
    "c": 0.19181,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4538

secondary

#96D7DC

accent

#E0EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4538

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

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