#DE5242#DE5242

#DE5242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.178 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5242
RGB	rgb(222, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 53.71, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 65.99, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1549 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.178 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1284, 21.9623, 7.5952)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5242 #42CEDE

analogous

#DE4280 #DE5242 #DEA042

triadic

#DE5242 #42DE52 #5242DE

tetradic

#DE5242 #80DE42 #42CEDE #A042DE

square

#DE5242 #80DE42 #42CEDE #A042DE

split-complementary

#DE5242 #42DEA0 #4280DE

monochromatic

#8D2519 #C13222 #DE5242 #E78276 #F0B1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DE5242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DE5242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5242

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5242	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.178 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08977',
    500: '#de5242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5242;
$custom-light: #f08977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62386,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5242

secondary

#9ED7DE

accent

#DBED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5242

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

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