#D55E3E#D55E3E

#D55E3E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.158 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55E3E
RGB	rgb(213, 94, 62)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 44.85, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 60.62, 42.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1275 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.158 36)
XYZ	xyz(32.3160, 22.5035, 7.1984)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55E3E #3EB5D5

analogous

#D53E6A #D55E3E #D5AA3E

triadic

#D55E3E #3ED55E #5E3ED5

tetradic

#D55E3E #6AD53E #3EB5D5 #AA3ED5

square

#D55E3E #6AD53E #3EB5D5 #AA3ED5

split-complementary

#D55E3E #3ED5AA #3E6AD5

monochromatic

#7D301B #B04326 #D55E3E #E08870 #EBB2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#D55E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#D55E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55E3E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55E3E	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E94557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 94, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.158 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98f74',
    500: '#d55e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55e3e;
$custom-light: #e98f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.715,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62521,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.22499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55E3E

secondary

#97CAD8

accent

#C4E741

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55E3E

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

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