#DE6042#DE6042

#DE6042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.164 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6042
RGB	rgb(222, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 47.40, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 62.73, 40.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1352 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.164 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2939, 24.2933, 7.9837)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6042 #42C0DE

analogous

#DE4272 #DE6042 #DEAE42

triadic

#DE6042 #42DE60 #6042DE

tetradic

#DE6042 #72DE42 #42C0DE #AE42DE

square

#DE6042 #72DE42 #42C0DE #AE42DE

split-complementary

#DE6042 #42DEAE #4272DE

monochromatic

#8D2F19 #C14022 #DE6042 #E78C76 #F0B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#DE6042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#DE6042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6042

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6042	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F34559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.164 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09177',
    500: '#de6042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6042;
$custom-light: #f09177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64193,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6042

secondary

#9ED2DE

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6042

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

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