#DE5342#DE5342

#DE5342 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.177 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5342
RGB	rgb(222, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 53.28, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 65.75, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1535 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.177 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2044, 22.1142, 7.6206)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5342 #42CDDE

analogous

#DE427F #DE5342 #DEA142

triadic

#DE5342 #42DE53 #5342DE

tetradic

#DE5342 #7FDE42 #42CDDE #A142DE

square

#DE5342 #7FDE42 #42CDDE #A142DE

split-complementary

#DE5342 #42DEA1 #427FDE

monochromatic

#8D2519 #C13322 #DE5342 #E78276 #F0B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DE5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DE5342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5342

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5342	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.177 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08977',
    500: '#de5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5342;
$custom-light: #f08977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62507,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5342

secondary

#9ED7DE

accent

#DAED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5342

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

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