#FF542E#FF542E

#FF542E is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.213 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF542E
RGB	rgb(255, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 100%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 82%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 63.09, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 84.51, 41.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.1771 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.213 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9087, 27.8047, 5.5864)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF542E #2ED9FF

analogous

#FF2E71 #FF542E #FFBD2E

triadic

#FF542E #2EFF54 #542EFF

tetradic

#FF542E #71FF2E #2ED9FF #BD2EFF

square

#FF542E #71FF2E #2ED9FF #BD2EFF

split-complementary

#FF542E #2EFFBD #2E71FF

monochromatic

#B32000 #F02C00 #FF542E #FF866B #FFB8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#FF542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#FF542E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF542E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF542E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF164D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.213 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8d6b',
    500: '#ff542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff542e;
$custom-light: #ff8d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67673,
    "c": 0.21335,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF542E

secondary

#9BDFED

accent

#D8FF29

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#1B0D07

muted

#887E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF542E

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

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