#DF6242#DF6242

#DF6242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.164 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF6242
RGB	rgb(223, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 46.82, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 62.71, 41.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.1333 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.164 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7860, 24.8213, 8.0597)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF6242 #42BFDF

analogous

#DF4271 #DF6242 #DFB042

triadic

#DF6242 #42DF62 #6242DF

tetradic

#DF6242 #71DF42 #42BFDF #B042DF

square

#DF6242 #71DF42 #42BFDF #B042DF

split-complementary

#DF6242 #42DFB0 #4271DF

monochromatic

#8E3018 #C34221 #DF6242 #E88D76 #F1B9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#DF6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#DF6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF6242

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF6242	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.164 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09277',
    500: '#df6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df6242;
$custom-light: #f09277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.229,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64617,
    "c": 0.1637,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF6242

secondary

#9ED1DF

accent

#C9EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF6242

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

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