HEX atlas value

#DE785E

#DE785E is a warm red HEX color nearest Terracotta. RGB 222, 120, 94, HSL 12° 66% 62%, luminance 0.2977; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#DE785E Sample readable text

HEX #DE785E

RGB rgb(222, 120, 94)

HSL hsl(12 66% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 46, 58, 13)

Luminance 0.2977

Contrast Black 6.95:1White 3.02:1

CSS

--color-de785e: #DE785E;
.background-de785e { background-color: #DE785E; }
.text-de785e { color: #DE785E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DE785E

#DE785E is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #DE785E is visually closest to Terracotta, a named orange color with HEX #E2725B.

The RGB channels are 222, 120, and 94, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 12deg with 66% saturation and 62% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.2977, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.81, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.95:1AA Pass

White text3.02:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DE785E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.95:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.02:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#EEB8AA#EEB8AA · #000000 text · best 12.07:1 #DEB85E#DEB85E · #000000 text · best 11.12:1 #5EC4DE#5EC4DE · #000000 text · best 10.43:1 Raw Sienna#D68A59 · #000000 text · best 7.64:1 #C98573#C98573 · #000000 text · best 7.09:1

Generated Palette

#DE785E#DE785E

#5EC4DE#5EC4DE

#DE5E85#DE5E85

#DEB85E#DEB85E

#EEB8AA#EEB8AA

#BA4426#BA4426

Color Harmonies

#5EC4DE#5EC4DE

#DE5E85#DE5E85

#DEB85E#DEB85E

#5EDE78#5EDE78

#785EDE#785EDE

Variants

#EEB8AA#EEB8AA

#BA4426#BA4426

#F36B49#F36B49

#C98573#C98573

#EFD4CD#EFD4CD

#FF8566#FF8566

Nearest Named Colors

Terracotta#E2725B

Burnt Sienna#E97451

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Indian Red#CD5C5C

Roman Red#CD5C5C

Luminance0.2977

Black text6.95:1AA Pass

White text3.02:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DE785E","rgb":[222,120,94],"hsl":[12,66,62],"cmyk":[0,46,58,13],"luminance":0.2977,"contrast":{"black":6.95,"white":3.02}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.95,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.02,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#EEB8AA","hex":"#EEB8AA","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.07,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#DEB85E","hex":"#DEB85E","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.12,"contrastWhite":1.89,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#5EC4DE","hex":"#5EC4DE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.43,"contrastWhite":2.01,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.64,"contrastWhite":2.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#C98573","hex":"#C98573","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.09,"contrastWhite":2.96,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Terracotta adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/de785e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/terracotta.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burnt-sienna.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raw-sienna.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#5EC4DE","analogous":["#DE5E85","#DEB85E"],"triadic":["#5EDE78","#785EDE"],"tetradic":["#85DE5E","#5EC4DE","#B85EDE"],"splitComplementary":["#5EDEB8","#5E85DE"],"monochromatic":["#EEB8AA","#DE785E","#BA4426"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EEB8AA","dark":"#BA4426","saturated":"#F36B49","desaturated":"#C98573","pastel":"#EFD4CD","neon":"#FF8566"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"terracotta","name":"Terracotta","hex":"#E2725B","distance":7.810249675906654},{"slug":"burnt-sienna","name":"Burnt Sienna","hex":"#E97451","distance":17.4928556845359},{"slug":"raw-sienna","name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","distance":20.322401432901575},{"slug":"indian-red","name":"Indian Red","hex":"#CD5C5C","distance":32.817678162843876},{"slug":"roman-red","name":"Roman Red","hex":"#CD5C5C","distance":32.817678162843876}]

#DE785E

CSS

About #DE785E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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