#D42E23#D42E23

#D42E23 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.203 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D42E23
RGB	rgb(212, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 62.53, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 78.26, 36.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1776 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.203 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4353, 16.0770, 3.1958)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D42E23 #23C9D4

analogous

#D42370 #D42E23 #D48623

triadic

#D42E23 #23D42E #2E23D4

tetradic

#D42E23 #70D423 #23C9D4 #8623D4

square

#D42E23 #70D423 #23C9D4 #8623D4

split-complementary

#D42E23 #23D486 #2370D4

monochromatic

#6B1712 #9F231A #D42E23 #E25B52 #EB8D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#D42E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#D42E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D42E23

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D42E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D42E23	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d42e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.203 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec7660',
    500: '#d42e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d42e23;
$custom-light: #ec7660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d42e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.729,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56784,
    "c": 0.20324,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D42E23

secondary

#7ECFD4

accent

#E3EE39

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEEEA

border

#D7C9C6

text

#190905

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #D42E23

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

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