#DF5542#DF5542

#DF5542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.176 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5542
RGB	rgb(223, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 52.76, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 65.69, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1518 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.176 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6669, 22.5831, 7.6867)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5542 #42CCDF

analogous

#DF427E #DF5542 #DFA442

triadic

#DF5542 #42DF55 #5542DF

tetradic

#DF5542 #7EDF42 #42CCDF #A442DF

square

#DF5542 #7EDF42 #42CCDF #A442DF

split-complementary

#DF5542 #42DFA4 #427EDF

monochromatic

#8E2618 #C33521 #DF5542 #E88476 #F1B3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DF5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DF5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5542

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5542	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.176 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18a77',
    500: '#df5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5542;
$custom-light: #f18a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.261,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62909,
    "c": 0.17615,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5542

secondary

#9ED7DF

accent

#D8EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5542

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

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