#DE5A42#DE5A42

#DE5A42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5A42
RGB	rgb(222, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 50.18, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 64.09, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1439 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.17 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7673, 23.2400, 7.8082)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5A42 #42C6DE

analogous

#DE4278 #DE5A42 #DEA842

triadic

#DE5A42 #42DE5A #5A42DE

tetradic

#DE5A42 #78DE42 #42C6DE #A842DE

square

#DE5A42 #78DE42 #42C6DE #A842DE

split-complementary

#DE5A42 #42DEA8 #4278DE

monochromatic

#8D2B19 #C13A22 #DE5A42 #E78776 #F0B5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DE5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DE5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5A42

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5A42	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d77',
    500: '#de5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5a42;
$custom-light: #f08d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6339,
    "c": 0.17023,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5A42

secondary

#9ED4DE

accent

#D2ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5A42

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

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