#D42B23#D42B23

#D42B23 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.205 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D42B23
RGB	rgb(212, 43, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 63.37, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 78.77, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1802 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.205 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3222, 15.8508, 3.1580)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D42B23 #23CCD4

analogous

#D42373 #D42B23 #D48323

triadic

#D42B23 #23D42B #2B23D4

tetradic

#D42B23 #73D423 #23CCD4 #8323D4

square

#D42B23 #73D423 #23CCD4 #8323D4

split-complementary

#D42B23 #23D483 #2373D4

monochromatic

#6B1612 #9F201A #D42B23 #E25852 #EB8B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#D42B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#D42B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D42B23

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D42B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D42B23	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62571F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d42b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 43, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.205 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec7560',
    500: '#d42b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d42b23;
$custom-light: #ec7560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d42b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.712,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56563,
    "c": 0.20524,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D42B23

secondary

#7ED0D4

accent

#E6EE39

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEEE9

border

#D7C9C5

text

#190905

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #D42B23

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

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