#D85838#D85838

#D85838 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.168 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D85838
RGB	rgb(216, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, 48.49, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 65.04, 41.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.1374 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.168 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5258, 21.8683, 6.2489)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D85838 #38B8D8

analogous

#D83868 #D85838 #D8A838

triadic

#D85838 #38D858 #5838D8

tetradic

#D85838 #68D838 #38B8D8 #A838D8

square

#D85838 #68D838 #38B8D8 #A838D8

split-complementary

#D85838 #38D8A8 #3868D8

monochromatic

#7D2D19 #B03F23 #D85838 #E2836B #ECAE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#D85838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#D85838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D85838

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D85838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D85838	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d85838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.168 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b70',
    500: '#d85838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d85838;
$custom-light: #ec8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d85838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62086,
    "c": 0.16806,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D85838

secondary

#93CBD8

accent

#C8EA3E

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D85838

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

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