#D42523#D42523

#D42523 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.209 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D42523
RGB	rgb(212, 37, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 64.89, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 79.72, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.185 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.209 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1199, 15.4462, 3.0906)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D42523 #23D2D4

analogous

#D42379 #D42523 #D47D23

triadic

#D42523 #23D425 #2523D4

tetradic

#D42523 #79D423 #23D2D4 #7D23D4

square

#D42523 #79D423 #23D2D4 #7D23D4

split-complementary

#D42523 #23D47D #2379D4

monochromatic

#6B1312 #9F1C1A #D42523 #E25352 #EB8786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#D42523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#D42523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D42523

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D42523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D42523	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d42523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 37, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.209 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec7260',
    500: '#d42523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d42523;
$custom-light: #ec7260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d42523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.678,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56163,
    "c": 0.20893,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D42523

secondary

#7ED3D4

accent

#ECEE39

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDE9

border

#D7C8C5

text

#190905

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #D42523

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

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