#DE5A40#DE5A40

#DE5A40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.171 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5A40
RGB	rgb(222, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 50.08, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 64.68, 39.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1432 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.171 33)
XYZ	xyz(34.7093, 23.2168, 7.5031)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5A40 #40C4DE

analogous

#DE4075 #DE5A40 #DEA940

triadic

#DE5A40 #40DE5A #5A40DE

tetradic

#DE5A40 #75DE40 #40C4DE #A940DE

square

#DE5A40 #75DE40 #40C4DE #A940DE

split-complementary

#DE5A40 #40DEA9 #4075DE

monochromatic

#8B2B18 #C03B21 #DE5A40 #E78774 #F0B4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DE5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DE5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5A40

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5A40	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.171 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d76',
    500: '#de5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5a40;
$custom-light: #f08d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.873,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.1707,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.23212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5A40

secondary

#9CD3DE

accent

#D0ED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5A40

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

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