#DE6040#DE6040

#DE6040 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.165 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6040
RGB	rgb(222, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 47.30, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 63.34, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1346 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.165 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2360, 24.2701, 7.6786)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6040 #40BEDE

analogous

#DE406F #DE6040 #DEAF40

triadic

#DE6040 #40DE60 #6040DE

tetradic

#DE6040 #6FDE40 #40BEDE #AF40DE

square

#DE6040 #6FDE40 #40BEDE #AF40DE

split-complementary

#DE6040 #40DEAF #406FDE

monochromatic

#8B2F18 #C04121 #DE6040 #E78B74 #F0B7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DE6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#DE6040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6040

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6040	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F34559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.165 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09176',
    500: '#de6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6040;
$custom-light: #f09176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.152,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64168,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6040

secondary

#9CD0DE

accent

#C9ED3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6040

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

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