#DE6142#DE6142

#DE6142 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.164 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6142
RGB	rgb(222, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 46.93, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 62.51, 41.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.1338 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.164 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3858, 24.4769, 8.0144)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6142 #42BFDE

analogous

#DE4271 #DE6142 #DEAF42

triadic

#DE6142 #42DE61 #6142DE

tetradic

#DE6142 #71DE42 #42BFDE #AF42DE

square

#DE6142 #71DE42 #42BFDE #AF42DE

split-complementary

#DE6142 #42DEAF #4271DE

monochromatic

#8D3019 #C14122 #DE6142 #E78D76 #F0B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#DE6142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#DE6142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6142

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6142	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.164 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9177',
    500: '#de6142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6142;
$custom-light: #ef9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6433,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6142

secondary

#9ED1DE

accent

#CAED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6142

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →