#D45538#D45538

#D45538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.167 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D45538
RGB	rgb(212, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 48.43, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 64.03, 40.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1376 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.167 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1169, 20.7838, 6.1138)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D45538 #38B7D4

analogous

#D43869 #D45538 #D4A338

triadic

#D45538 #38D455 #5538D4

tetradic

#D45538 #69D438 #38B7D4 #A338D4

square

#D45538 #69D438 #38B7D4 #A338D4

split-complementary

#D45538 #38D4A3 #3869D4

monochromatic

#782B1A #AA3E25 #D45538 #DF806A #EAAB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#D45538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#D45538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D45538

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D45538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D45538	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d45538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.167 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98970',
    500: '#d45538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d45538;
$custom-light: #e98970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d45538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61073,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D45538

secondary

#92C9D6

accent

#C8E740

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D45538

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

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