#DE5A43#DE5A43

#DE5A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5A43
RGB	rgb(222, 90, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 50.23, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 63.80, 38.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1442 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.17 32)
XYZ	xyz(34.7970, 23.2519, 7.9648)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5A43 #43C7DE

analogous

#DE437A #DE5A43 #DEA843

triadic

#DE5A43 #43DE5A #5A43DE

tetradic

#DE5A43 #7ADE43 #43C7DE #A843DE

square

#DE5A43 #7ADE43 #43C7DE #A843DE

split-complementary

#DE5A43 #43DEA8 #437ADE

monochromatic

#8E2A19 #C23A22 #DE5A43 #E78877 #F0B5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DE5A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DE5A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5A43

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5A43	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)

#7E7240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 90, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d78',
    500: '#de5a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5a43;
$custom-light: #f08d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.903,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63403,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.23247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5A43

secondary

#9FD5DE

accent

#D3ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5A43

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

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