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#d00913

a dark, electric red · warm · closest name: Firebrick

Token name suggestion: Slate Cardinal

RGB
208, 9, 19
HSL
357°, 92%, 43%
CMYK
0, 96, 91, 18
Luminance
0.1365

#d00913 is a dark electric red, 357° on the wheel and 18/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.63:1). As text it scores 5.63:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Firebrick, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(357 92% 43%)rgb(208 9 19)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d00913 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d00913
Hue
357°
red
Saturation
92%
electric
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
45%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1365
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
18/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
5.63:1
Closest name
Firebrick
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
85.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.541
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 12.2
Web-safe
#CC0000
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue357° of 360°
Saturation92%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d00913.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool18% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red98%
Green1%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d00913
HEX (8-digit)#d00913ff
RGBrgb(208, 9, 19)
RGBArgba(208, 9, 19, 1)
HSLhsl(357, 92%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357, 96%, 82%)
HWBhwb(357 4% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 96%, 91%, 18%)
LABlab(43.7 68.0 51.4)
LCHlch(43.7 85.3 37.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.541 0.218 27.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(26.23, 13.66, 1.87)
Decimal13633811
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.035 0.075)
Web-safe#CC0000

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d00913;
background-color: #d00913;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d00913;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d00913] bg-[#d00913]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d00913;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.035, blue: 0.075)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.816, green: 0.035, blue: 0.075, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D00913</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD00913)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD00913)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(19, 9, 208)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(208, 9, 19)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(208, 9, 19)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 208, 9, 19)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8157f, 0.0353f, 0.0745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{208,9,19}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d00913 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d00913 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7A050B, #EED3D4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d00913 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDF2F2;
  --brand-100: #FBE4E6;
  --brand-200: #F9C3C5;
  --brand-300: #FA9399;
  --brand-400: #F85E65;
  --brand-500: #F62832;
  --brand-600: #EB0A15;
  --brand-700: #d00913;
  --brand-800: #9C070E;
  --brand-900: #710A0F;
  --brand-950: #470609;
  --brand: #d00913;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F5;
  --brand-border: #EDC0C2;
  --brand-hover: #AE0810;
  --brand-pressed: #8B060D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241414;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F2',
        100: '#FBE4E6',
        200: '#F9C3C5',
        300: '#FA9399',
        400: '#F85E65',
        500: '#F62832',
        600: '#EB0A15',
        700: '#d00913',
        800: '#9C070E',
        900: '#710A0F',
        950: '#470609',
        DEFAULT: '#d00913',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F2,
  '100': #FBE4E6,
  '200': #F9C3C5,
  '300': #FA9399,
  '400': #F85E65,
  '500': #F62832,
  '600': #EB0A15,
  '700': #d00913,
  '800': #9C070E,
  '900': #710A0F,
  '950': #470609,
);
$brand-base: #d00913;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBE4E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F9C3C5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FA9399", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F85E65", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F62832", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#EB0A15", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#d00913", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9C070E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#710A0F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#470609", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #d00913 · 5.63:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.63:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.73:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #d00913 as text scores 5.63:1 on white and 3.73:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FEE7E8 at 4.77:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#d00913 · 5.63:1
AA on whitealready passes
#d00913
The quick fox
#B20810 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−6% L
#B20810
The quick fox
#ED0A16 · 4.66:1
AA on black+6% L
#ED0A16
The quick fox
#F8656C · 7.07:1
AAA on black+26% L
#F8656C

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D00913 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d00913 on white: 5.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d00913 on black: 3.73:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d00913 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d00913.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.63:1AaAa
Slate 505.38:1AaAa
Slate 1005.14:1AaAa
Slate 2004.57:1AaAa
Slate 3003.79:1AaAa
Slate 4002.20:1AaAa
Slate 5001.18:1AaAa
Slate 6001.35:1AaAa
Slate 7001.84:1AaAa
Slate 8002.60:1AaAa
Slate 9003.17:1AaAa
Black3.73:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #584D0E
deuteranopia · #847500
tritanopia · #E60014

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d00913 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F2
#FBE4E6
#F9C3C5
#FA9399
#F85E65
#F62832
#EB0A15
#d00913
#9C070E
#710A0F
#470609
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F2Darkest = 950 · #470609Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.054 27.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.087 27.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.131 27.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.170 27.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.201 27.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.218 27.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.218 27.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.205 27.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.183 27.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.153 27.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.120 27.8);
}

Colors that work with #d00913

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF4F5
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0C2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B4F
Captions on the surface
Accent#05C78D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7A050B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE7E8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241414
Dark-mode background
Hover#AE0810
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8B060D
Two steps down
Disabled#B89193
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#ED000C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d00913

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight58/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#09D0C6
Analogous left#D00976
Analogous right#D06209
Split-complement 1#09D062
Split-complement 2#0976D0
Triadic 1#13D009
Triadic 2#0913D0
Tetradic#76D009
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°357°

#d00913 sits at 357°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green3.5%
Blue7.5%
R · 0–255
208
0xd0
G · 0–255
9
0x09
B · 0–255
19
0x13

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta95.7%
Yellow90.9%
Key (black)18.4%

Total ink coverage is 205%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d00913 text on a black background

contrast 3.73:1

Card sample

#d00913 text on a white background

contrast 5.63:1

Card sample

#d00913 on grey

5.14:1

#d00913 on its own surface

5.18:1

#d00913 on its dark surface

3.15:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d00913;
Background color
Panel with #d00913 background
background-color: #d00913;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d00913;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 9, 19, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 9, 19, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d00913;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d00913, #D08409);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d00913, #D0B509);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d00913;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d00913;
caret-color: #d00913;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d00913;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE7E8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d00913;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d00913 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d00913 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(208, 9, 19, 0.5)
rgb(208 9 19 / 50%)
#d0091380
hsl(357 92% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d00913 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d009131a#FAE6E7
20%#d0091333#F6CED0
40%#d0091366#EC9DA1
60%#d0091399#E36B71
80%#d00913cc#D93A42

Gradients from #d00913

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F5212B, #d00913 45%, #7A050B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d00913, #B27F08);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d00913, #09D0C6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F73E47 0%, #d00913 45%, #7A050B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F517A3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ED830A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7A050B 0%, transparent 65%), #d00913;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d00913

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d00913 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.73:1 — lift it to #ED0A16 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d00913, answered

What color is #d00913?

#d00913 is a dark electric red, closest to Firebrick (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 357° on the hue wheel with 92% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d00913?

rgb(208, 9, 19) — 208 red, 9 green and 19 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 3.5% / 7.5% by channel.

What is #d00913 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(357, 92%, 43%) and hsv(357, 96%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d00913 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1365 and perceived brightness is 45%, so white text on it reaches 5.63:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d00913?

White. It scores 5.63:1 against #d00913, versus 3.73:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #d00913 accessible on a white background?

#d00913 on white scores 5.63:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #d00913?

#09D0C6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #09D062 and #0976D0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d00913?

For interface work: #FAF4F5 as the surface, #EDC0C2 for borders, #9B4B4F for secondary text, #05C78D as an accent and #7A050B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D00976 and #D06209 stays calm, while #09D0C6 is the loudest partner.

What is #d00913 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 96%, 91%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #d00913 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 18 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D03309; nudged cooler, #D2075B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d00913?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 12.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d00913 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d00913 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d00913] or text-[#d00913], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d00913 with 50% opacity?

rgba(208, 9, 19, 0.5), or #d0091380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E88489; over black, #68050A.

Is #d00913 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0000, ΔE2000 2.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d00913 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d00913?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F5212B, #d00913 45%, #7A050B). For more colour, a short hue run to #B27F08 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d00913 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d00913 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.