#D43E38#D43E38

#D43E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.188 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D43E38
RGB	rgb(212, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 57.97, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 69.30, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1674 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.188 27)
XYZ	xyz(29.5912, 17.7323, 5.6052)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D43E38 #38CED4

analogous

#D43880 #D43E38 #D48C38

triadic

#D43E38 #38D43E #3E38D4

tetradic

#D43E38 #80D438 #38CED4 #8C38D4

square

#D43E38 #80D438 #38CED4 #8C38D4

split-complementary

#D43E38 #38D48C #3880D4

monochromatic

#781D1A #AA2A25 #D43E38 #DF6F6A #EAA09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#D43E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#D43E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D43E38

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D43E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D43E38	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d43e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.188 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea7d6f',
    500: '#d43e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d43e38;
$custom-light: #ea7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d43e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58411,
    "c": 0.18792,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.17728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D43E38

secondary

#92D3D6

accent

#E1E740

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#180A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D43E38

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

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