#DF6040#DF6040

#DF6040 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.166 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF6040
RGB	rgb(223, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 47.67, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 63.76, 41.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1356 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.166 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5433, 24.4286, 7.6930)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF6040 #40BFDF

analogous

#DF4070 #DF6040 #DFAF40

triadic

#DF6040 #40DF60 #6040DF

tetradic

#DF6040 #70DF40 #40BFDF #AF40DF

square

#DF6040 #70DF40 #40BFDF #AF40DF

split-complementary

#DF6040 #40DFAF #4070DF

monochromatic

#8D2F18 #C14120 #DF6040 #E88C74 #F1B7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DF6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#DF6040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF6040

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF6040	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F44459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.166 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09176',
    500: '#df6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df6040;
$custom-light: #f09176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.075,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64317,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF6040

secondary

#9DD1DE

accent

#CAEE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF6040

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

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