#DE5B40#DE5B40

#DE5B40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.170 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE5B40
RGB	rgb(222, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 49.63, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 64.45, 39.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1418 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.17 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7942, 23.3866, 7.5314)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE5B40 #40C3DE

analogous

#DE4074 #DE5B40 #DEAA40

triadic

#DE5B40 #40DE5B #5B40DE

tetradic

#DE5B40 #74DE40 #40C3DE #AA40DE

square

#DE5B40 #74DE40 #40C3DE #AA40DE

split-complementary

#DE5B40 #40DEAA #4074DE

monochromatic

#8B2C18 #C03C21 #DE5B40 #E78874 #F0B5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DE5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DE5B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE5B40

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE5B40	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F33E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.170 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08e76',
    500: '#de5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de5b40;
$custom-light: #f08e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.253,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63495,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE5B40

secondary

#9CD2DE

accent

#CFED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE5B40

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

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