#DE4A42#DE4A42

#DE4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.186 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4A42
RGB	rgb(222, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 57.03, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 67.93, 32.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1653 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.186 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5600, 20.8254, 7.4058)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4A42 #42D6DE

analogous

#DE4288 #DE4A42 #DE9842

triadic

#DE4A42 #42DE4A #4A42DE

tetradic

#DE4A42 #88DE42 #42D6DE #9842DE

square

#DE4A42 #88DE42 #42D6DE #9842DE

split-complementary

#DE4A42 #42DE98 #4288DE

monochromatic

#8D1F19 #C12A22 #DE4A42 #E77C76 #F0AEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DE4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DE4A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4A42

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4A42	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)

#736A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F42049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.186 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08477',
    500: '#de4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4a42;
$custom-light: #f08477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61463,
    "c": 0.18566,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4A42

secondary

#9EDBDE

accent

#E4ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4A42

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

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