#DF4940#DF4940

#DF4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.188 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF4940
RGB	rgb(223, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 57.66, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 69.10, 33.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1668 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.188 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7431, 20.8282, 7.0930)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF4940 #40D6DF

analogous

#DF4087 #DF4940 #DF9940

triadic

#DF4940 #40DF49 #4940DF

tetradic

#DF4940 #87DF40 #40D6DF #9940DF

square

#DF4940 #87DF40 #40D6DF #9940DF

split-complementary

#DF4940 #40DF99 #4087DF

monochromatic

#8D1E18 #C12A20 #DF4940 #E87B74 #F1ADA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DF4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DF4940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF4940

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF4940	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F51C48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.188 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18475',
    500: '#df4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df4940;
$custom-light: #f18475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6149,
    "c": 0.18794,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF4940

secondary

#9DDADE

accent

#E4EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF4940

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

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