#DF5940#DF5940

#DF5940 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.173 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5940
RGB	rgb(223, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 50.89, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 65.32, 38.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1456 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.173 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9328, 23.2077, 7.4895)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5940 #40C6DF

analogous

#DF4077 #DF5940 #DFA940

triadic

#DF5940 #40DF59 #5940DF

tetradic

#DF5940 #77DF40 #40C6DF #A940DF

square

#DF5940 #77DF40 #40C6DF #A940DF

split-complementary

#DF5940 #40DFA9 #4077DF

monochromatic

#8D2A18 #C13A20 #DF5940 #E88774 #F1B4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DF5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DF5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5940

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5940	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.173 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18d76',
    500: '#df5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5940;
$custom-light: #f18d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.434,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5940

secondary

#9DD4DE

accent

#D2EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5940

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

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