#D42A23#D42A23

#D42A23 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.206 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D42A23
RGB	rgb(212, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 63.64, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 78.94, 36.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1811 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.206 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2863, 15.7790, 3.1461)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D42A23 #23CDD4

analogous

#D42374 #D42A23 #D48223

triadic

#D42A23 #23D42A #2A23D4

tetradic

#D42A23 #74D423 #23CDD4 #8223D4

square

#D42A23 #74D423 #23CDD4 #8223D4

split-complementary

#D42A23 #23D482 #2374D4

monochromatic

#6B1512 #9F201A #D42A23 #E25852 #EB8A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#D42A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#D42A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D42A23

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D42A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D42A23	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62571F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d42a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.206 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec7460',
    500: '#d42a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d42a23;
$custom-light: #ec7460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d42a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.373,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56493,
    "c": 0.20588,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D42A23

secondary

#7ED1D4

accent

#E7EE39

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEEE9

border

#D7C9C5

text

#190905

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #D42A23

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

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