#DE5940#DE5940

#DE5940 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.172 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5940
RGB	rgb(222, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 50.54, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 64.91, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1446 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.172 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6256, 23.0492, 7.4751)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5940 #40C5DE

analogous

#DE4076 #DE5940 #DEA840

triadic

#DE5940 #40DE59 #5940DE

tetradic

#DE5940 #76DE40 #40C5DE #A840DE

square

#DE5940 #76DE40 #40C5DE #A840DE

split-complementary

#DE5940 #40DEA8 #4076DE

monochromatic

#8B2A18 #C03A21 #DE5940 #E78674 #F0B4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DE5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DE5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5940

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5940	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.172 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d76',
    500: '#de5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5940;
$custom-light: #f08d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.494,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63234,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5940

secondary

#9CD3DE

accent

#D1ED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5940

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

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