#D55838#D55838

#D55838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.165 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55838
RGB	rgb(213, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 47.41, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 63.79, 42.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1343 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.165 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6474, 21.4154, 6.2077)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55838 #38B5D5

analogous

#D53867 #D55838 #D5A638

triadic

#D55838 #38D558 #5838D5

tetradic

#D55838 #67D538 #38B5D5 #A638D5

square

#D55838 #67D538 #38B5D5 #A638D5

split-complementary

#D55838 #38D5A6 #3867D5

monochromatic

#792D1A #AC4024 #D55838 #E0826B #EAAD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#D55838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#D55838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55838

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55838	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.165 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea8b70',
    500: '#d55838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55838;
$custom-light: #ea8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.229,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61625,
    "c": 0.16485,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55838

secondary

#92C9D6

accent

#C6E840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55838

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

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