#DE5040#DE5040

#DE5040 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.180 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5040
RGB	rgb(222, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 54.47, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 67.02, 35.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.1569 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.18 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9219, 21.6419, 7.2406)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5040 #40CEDE

analogous

#DE407F #DE5040 #DE9F40

triadic

#DE5040 #40DE50 #5040DE

tetradic

#DE5040 #7FDE40 #40CEDE #9F40DE

square

#DE5040 #7FDE40 #40CEDE #9F40DE

split-complementary

#DE5040 #40DE9F #407FDE

monochromatic

#8B2418 #C03121 #DE5040 #E78074 #F0B0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DE5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DE5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5040

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5040	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F42C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.180 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08875',
    500: '#de5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5040;
$custom-light: #f08875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.076,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62121,
    "c": 0.18028,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5040

secondary

#9CD7DE

accent

#DBED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5040

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

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