#DF4838#DF4838

#DF4838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.190 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF4838
RGB	rgb(223, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 57.71, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 71.50, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1653 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.19 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4664, 20.6132, 5.9572)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF4838 #38CFDF

analogous

#DF387B #DF4838 #DF9C38

triadic

#DF4838 #38DF48 #4838DF

tetradic

#DF4838 #7BDF38 #38CFDF #9C38DF

square

#DF4838 #7BDF38 #38CFDF #9C38DF

split-complementary

#DF4838 #38DF9C #387BDF

monochromatic

#872116 #BC2D1E #DF4838 #E7786D #F0A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#DF4838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#DF4838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF4838

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF4838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF4838	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F51745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df4838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.190 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28370',
    500: '#df4838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df4838;
$custom-light: #f28370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df4838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.749,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61282,
    "c": 0.19015,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF4838

secondary

#96D6DD

accent

#DEEF39

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF4838

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

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