#DE5742#DE5742

#DE5742 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.173 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5742
RGB	rgb(222, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 51.53, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 64.80, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1481 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.173 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5193, 22.7441, 7.7255)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5742 #42C9DE

analogous

#DE427B #DE5742 #DEA542

triadic

#DE5742 #42DE57 #5742DE

tetradic

#DE5742 #7BDE42 #42C9DE #A542DE

square

#DE5742 #7BDE42 #42C9DE #A542DE

split-complementary

#DE5742 #42DEA5 #427BDE

monochromatic

#8D2819 #C13722 #DE5742 #E78576 #F0B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DE5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DE5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5742

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5742	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.173 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08c77',
    500: '#de5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5742;
$custom-light: #f08c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63004,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5742

secondary

#9ED5DE

accent

#D5ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5742

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

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