#D85540#D85540

#D85540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.169 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D85540
RGB	rgb(216, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 50.22, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 63.33, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.1443 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.169 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4962, 21.4705, 7.2825)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D85540 #40C3D8

analogous

#D84077 #D85540 #D8A140

triadic

#D85540 #40D855 #5540D8

tetradic

#D85540 #77D840 #40C3D8 #A140D8

square

#D85540 #77D840 #40C3D8 #A140D8

split-complementary

#D85540 #40D8A1 #4077D8

monochromatic

#83291B #B63925 #D85540 #E28273 #EDAFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#D85540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#D85540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D85540

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D85540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D85540	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED3751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d85540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.169 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8a76',
    500: '#d85540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d85540;
$custom-light: #ec8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d85540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.289,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61793,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D85540

secondary

#9AD1DA

accent

#D2E93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D85540

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

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