#DE5042#DE5042

#DE5042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.180 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5042
RGB	rgb(222, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 54.56, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 66.48, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1576 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.18 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9798, 21.6651, 7.5457)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5042 #42D0DE

analogous

#DE4282 #DE5042 #DE9E42

triadic

#DE5042 #42DE50 #5042DE

tetradic

#DE5042 #82DE42 #42D0DE #9E42DE

square

#DE5042 #82DE42 #42D0DE #9E42DE

split-complementary

#DE5042 #42DE9E #4282DE

monochromatic

#8D2319 #C13022 #DE5042 #E78076 #F0B0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DE5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DE5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5042

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5042	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)

#776D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F42C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.180 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08877',
    500: '#de5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5042;
$custom-light: #f08877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62148,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5042

secondary

#9ED8DE

accent

#DDED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5042

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

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