#DF4540#DF4540

#DF4540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.192 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF4540
RGB	rgb(223, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 59.20, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 70.04, 32.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1716 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.192 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4887, 20.3194, 7.0082)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF4540 #40DADF

analogous

#DF408B #DF4540 #DF9540

triadic

#DF4540 #40DF45 #4540DF

tetradic

#DF4540 #8BDF40 #40DADF #9540DF

square

#DF4540 #8BDF40 #40DADF #9540DF

split-complementary

#DF4540 #40DF95 #408BDF

monochromatic

#8D1B18 #C12520 #DF4540 #E87874 #F1ABA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#DF4540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#DF4540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF4540

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF4540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF4540	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F51045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df4540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.192 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28275',
    500: '#df4540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df4540;
$custom-light: #f28275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df4540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.887,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61067,
    "c": 0.19162,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF4540

secondary

#9DDCDE

accent

#E8EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF4540

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

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