#D43738#D43738

#D43738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.194 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D43738
RGB	rgb(212, 55, 56)
HSL	hsl(360, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(360, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 60.42, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 70.83, 31.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1751 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.194 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2348, 17.0195, 5.4864)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D43738 #37D4D3

analogous

#D43786 #D43738 #D48537

triadic

#D43738 #38D437 #3738D4

tetradic

#D43738 #86D437 #37D4D3 #8537D4

square

#D43738 #86D437 #37D4D3 #8537D4

split-complementary

#D43738 #37D485 #3786D4

monochromatic

#771A1A #A92425 #D43738 #DF696A #EA9C9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#D43738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#D43738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D43738

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D43738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D43738	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d43738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 55, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.194 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea7a6f',
    500: '#d43738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d43738;
$custom-light: #ea7a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d43738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.618,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57751,
    "c": 0.1939,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D43738

secondary

#91D6D5

accent

#E8E740

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#180A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D43738

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

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