#D85538#D85538

#D85538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.171 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D85538
RGB	rgb(216, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 49.86, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 65.70, 40.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1416 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.171 34)
XYZ	xyz(32.2846, 21.3859, 6.1685)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D85538 #38BBD8

analogous

#D8386B #D85538 #D8A538

triadic

#D85538 #38D855 #5538D8

tetradic

#D85538 #6BD838 #38BBD8 #A538D8

square

#D85538 #6BD838 #38BBD8 #A538D8

split-complementary

#D85538 #38D8A5 #386BD8

monochromatic

#7D2B19 #B03C23 #D85538 #E2816B #ECAC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#D85538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#D85538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D85538

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D85538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D85538	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)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d85538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.171 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8a70',
    500: '#d85538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d85538;
$custom-light: #ec8a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d85538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.875,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61695,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.21381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D85538

secondary

#93CCD8

accent

#CBEA3E

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D85538

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

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