#DE5942#DE5942

#DE5942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.171 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5942
RGB	rgb(222, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 50.63, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 64.32, 38.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1453 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.171 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6835, 23.0724, 7.7803)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5942 #42C7DE

analogous

#DE4279 #DE5942 #DEA742

triadic

#DE5942 #42DE59 #5942DE

tetradic

#DE5942 #79DE42 #42C7DE #A742DE

square

#DE5942 #79DE42 #42C7DE #A742DE

split-complementary

#DE5942 #42DEA7 #4279DE

monochromatic

#8D2A19 #C13922 #DE5942 #E78776 #F0B5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DE5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DE5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5942

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5942	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)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.171 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d77',
    500: '#de5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5942;
$custom-light: #f08d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6326,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5942

secondary

#9ED4DE

accent

#D3ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5942

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

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