#DE4A40#DE4A40

#DE4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.186 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4A40
RGB	rgb(222, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 56.93, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 68.45, 33.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1646 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.186 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5020, 20.8022, 7.1006)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4A40 #40D4DE

analogous

#DE4085 #DE4A40 #DE9940

triadic

#DE4A40 #40DE4A #4A40DE

tetradic

#DE4A40 #85DE40 #40D4DE #9940DE

square

#DE4A40 #85DE40 #40D4DE #9940DE

split-complementary

#DE4A40 #40DE99 #4085DE

monochromatic

#8B1F18 #C02B21 #DE4A40 #E77B74 #F0ADA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DE4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DE4A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4A40

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4A40	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F41F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.186 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18475',
    500: '#de4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4a40;
$custom-light: #f18475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.797,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61436,
    "c": 0.18597,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4A40

secondary

#9CD9DE

accent

#E2ED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4A40

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

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