#D5231E#D5231E

#D5231E is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.211 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5231E
RGB	rgb(213, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 86%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 85.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 65.52, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 81.72, 36.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.186 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.211 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2796, 15.4467, 2.7206)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5231E #1ED0D5

analogous

#D51E75 #D5231E #D57E1E

triadic

#D5231E #1ED523 #231ED5

tetradic

#D5231E #75D51E #1ED0D5 #7E1ED5

square

#D5231E #75D51E #1ED0D5 #7E1ED5

split-complementary

#D5231E #1ED57E #1E75D5

monochromatic

#6A110F #9F1A16 #D5231E #E64F4B #ED8380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#D5231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#D5231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D5231E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D5231E	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.211 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed725d',
    500: '#d5231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5231e;
$custom-light: #ed725d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.639,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56187,
    "c": 0.21143,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5231E

secondary

#79D3D6

accent

#EDF236

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDE9

border

#D7C8C5

text

#190904

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5231E

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

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