#DF5A38#DF5A38

#DF5A38 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.174 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5A38
RGB	rgb(223, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 50.08, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 67.52, 42.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1416 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.174 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8051, 23.2906, 6.4034)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5A38 #38BDDF

analogous

#DF3869 #DF5A38 #DFAE38

triadic

#DF5A38 #38DF5A #5A38DF

tetradic

#DF5A38 #69DF38 #38BDDF #AE38DF

square

#DF5A38 #69DF38 #38BDDF #AE38DF

split-complementary

#DF5A38 #38DFAE #3869DF

monochromatic

#872D16 #BC3E1E #DF5A38 #E7866D #F0B1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DF5A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DF5A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5A38

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5A38	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.174 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18d70',
    500: '#df5a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5a38;
$custom-light: #f18d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.216,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63425,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5A38

secondary

#96CEDD

accent

#CAEF39

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5A38

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

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