#D03538#D03538

#D03538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.192 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D03538
RGB	rgb(208, 53, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 59.88, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 69.68, 30.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1739 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.192 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0026, 16.2460, 5.4019)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D03538 #35D0CD

analogous

#D03585 #D03538 #D07F35

triadic

#D03538 #38D035 #3538D0

tetradic

#D03538 #85D035 #35D0CD #7F35D0

square

#D03538 #85D035 #35D0CD #7F35D0

split-complementary

#D03538 #35D07F #3585D0

monochromatic

#701A1C #A22628 #D03538 #DC6769 #E7989A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#D03538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#D03538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D03538

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D03538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D03538	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d03538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 53, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.192 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7786f',
    500: '#d03538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d03538;
$custom-light: #e7786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d03538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.839,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56879,
    "c": 0.19165,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D03538

secondary

#8ED3D1

accent

#E5E242

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#180A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D03538

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

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