#DF5F42#DF5F42

#DF5F42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.167 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5F42
RGB	rgb(223, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 48.23, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 63.37, 40.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.1377 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.167 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5106, 24.2704, 7.9679)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5F42 #42C2DF

analogous

#DF4274 #DF5F42 #DFAE42

triadic

#DF5F42 #42DF5F #5F42DF

tetradic

#DF5F42 #74DF42 #42C2DF #AE42DF

square

#DF5F42 #74DF42 #42C2DF #AE42DF

split-complementary

#DF5F42 #42DFAE #4274DF

monochromatic

#8E2E18 #C33F21 #DF5F42 #E88B76 #F1B8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DF5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#DF5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5F42

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5F42	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F44359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.167 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09077',
    500: '#df5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5f42;
$custom-light: #f09077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.083,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64206,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5F42

secondary

#9ED3DF

accent

#CDEE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5F42

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

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