#D55E38#D55E38

#D55E38 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.159 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55E38
RGB	rgb(213, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 44.57, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 62.53, 44.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1256 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.159 38)
XYZ	xyz(32.1603, 22.4413, 6.3787)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55E38 #38AFD5

analogous

#D53861 #D55E38 #D5AC38

triadic

#D55E38 #38D55E #5E38D5

tetradic

#D55E38 #61D538 #38AFD5 #AC38D5

square

#D55E38 #61D538 #38AFD5 #AC38D5

split-complementary

#D55E38 #38D5AC #3861D5

monochromatic

#79311A #AC4524 #D55E38 #E0876B #EAB09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#D55E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#D55E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55E38

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55E38	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA4456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.159 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98f70',
    500: '#d55e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55e38;
$custom-light: #e98f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.522,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62451,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.22437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55E38

secondary

#92C6D6

accent

#BFE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55E38

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

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