#DE5842#DE5842

#DE5842 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.172 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5842
RGB	rgb(222, 88, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 51.08, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 64.56, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1467 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.172 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6008, 22.9071, 7.7527)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5842 #42C8DE

analogous

#DE427A #DE5842 #DEA642

triadic

#DE5842 #42DE58 #5842DE

tetradic

#DE5842 #7ADE42 #42C8DE #A642DE

square

#DE5842 #7ADE42 #42C8DE #A642DE

split-complementary

#DE5842 #42DEA6 #427ADE

monochromatic

#8D2919 #C13822 #DE5842 #E78676 #F0B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DE5842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DE5842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5842

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5842	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 88, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.172 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08c77',
    500: '#de5842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5842;
$custom-light: #f08c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63132,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5842

secondary

#9ED5DE

accent

#D4ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5842

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

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