#DE5A45#DE5A45

#DE5A45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5A45
RGB	rgb(222, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 50.33, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 63.23, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1449 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.17 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8580, 23.2763, 8.2863)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5A45 #45C9DE

analogous

#DE457D #DE5A45 #DEA645

triadic

#DE5A45 #45DE5A #5A45DE

tetradic

#DE5A45 #7DDE45 #45C9DE #A645DE

square

#DE5A45 #7DDE45 #45C9DE #A645DE

split-complementary

#DE5A45 #45DEA6 #457DDE

monochromatic

#8F2A19 #C33923 #DE5A45 #E78879 #F0B6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DE5A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DE5A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5A45

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5A45	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	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)

#7D7342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d79',
    500: '#de5a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5a45;
$custom-light: #f08d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6343,
    "c": 0.16955,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5A45

secondary

#A0D6DF

accent

#D4ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5A45

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

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