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#d06348

a balanced, vivid red · warm · closest name: Tomato

Token name suggestion: True Cherry

RGB
208, 99, 72
HSL
12°, 59%, 55%
CMYK
0, 52, 65, 18
Luminance
0.2280

#d06348 is a balanced vivid red, 12° on the wheel and 10/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.56:1). As text it scores 3.78:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Tomato, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(12 59% 55%)rgb(208 99 72)Base step 500AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d06348 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d06348
Hue
12°
red
Saturation
59%
vivid
Lightness
55%
balanced
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
54%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2280
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
10/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.56:1
Closest name
Tomato
ΔE2000 8.5
Chroma
54.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.626
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 8.3
Web-safe
#CC6633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue12° of 360°
Saturation59%
Lightness55%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d06348.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool10% 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
Red59%
Green39%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#d06348
HEX (8-digit)#d06348ff
RGBrgb(208, 99, 72)
RGBArgba(208, 99, 72, 1)
HSLhsl(12, 59%, 55%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12, 65%, 82%)
HWBhwb(12 28% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 52%, 65%, 18%)
LABlab(54.9 41.1 35.5)
LCHlch(54.9 54.3 40.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.626 0.144 35.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(31.65, 22.81, 8.86)
Decimal13656904
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.388 0.282)
Web-safe#CC6633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d06348;
background-color: #d06348;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d06348;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d06348] bg-[#d06348]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d06348;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.388, blue: 0.282)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.816, green: 0.388, blue: 0.282, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D06348</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD06348)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD06348)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(72, 99, 208)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(208, 99, 72)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(208, 99, 72)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 208, 99, 72)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8157f, 0.3882f, 0.2824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{208,99,72}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d06348 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d06348 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#65291A, #EED8D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d06348 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: #FBF5F4;
  --brand-100: #F7EBE9;
  --brand-200: #EFD3CD;
  --brand-300: #E8B3A6;
  --brand-400: #DD8D79;
  --brand-500: #d06348;
  --brand-600: #C34F32;
  --brand-700: #A2422A;
  --brand-800: #823521;
  --brand-900: #5E291C;
  --brand-950: #3B1A11;
  --brand: #d06348;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC9C0;
  --brand-hover: #C24F32;
  --brand-pressed: #A6432B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241714;
    --brand-ink: #EED8D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF5F4',
        100: '#F7EBE9',
        200: '#EFD3CD',
        300: '#E8B3A6',
        400: '#DD8D79',
        500: '#d06348',
        600: '#C34F32',
        700: '#A2422A',
        800: '#823521',
        900: '#5E291C',
        950: '#3B1A11',
        DEFAULT: '#d06348',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF5F4,
  '100': #F7EBE9,
  '200': #EFD3CD,
  '300': #E8B3A6,
  '400': #DD8D79,
  '500': #d06348,
  '600': #C34F32,
  '700': #A2422A,
  '800': #823521,
  '900': #5E291C,
  '950': #3B1A11,
);
$brand-base: #d06348;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF5F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7EBE9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EFD3CD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E8B3A6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DD8D79", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#d06348", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C34F32", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A2422A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#823521", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5E291C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B1A11", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$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#000000 on #d06348 · 5.56:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.78:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.56:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #d06348 as text scores 3.78:1 on white and 5.56:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #65291A at 2.95:1.

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
#C65033 · 4.57:1
AA on white−6% L
#C65033
The quick fox
#963D26 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−18% L
#963D26
The quick fox
#d06348 · 5.56:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d06348
The quick fox
#D87F68 · 7.16:1
AAA on black+8% L
#D87F68

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D06348 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
#d06348 on white: 3.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d06348 on black: 5.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d06348 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d06348.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.78:1AaAa
Slate 503.61:1AaAa
Slate 1003.45:1AaAa
Slate 2003.06:1AaAa
Slate 3002.54:1AaAa
Slate 4001.47:1AaAa
Slate 5001.26:1AaAa
Slate 6002.01:1AaAa
Slate 7002.74:1AaAa
Slate 8003.87:1AaAa
Slate 9004.73:1AaAa
Black5.56:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #807545
deuteranopia · #9A8C46
tritanopia · #E34E5D

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. #d06348 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF5F4
#F7EBE9
#EFD3CD
#E8B3A6
#DD8D79
#d06348
#C34F32
#A2422A
#823521
#5E291C
#3B1A11
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FBF5F4Darkest = 950 · #3B1A11Text 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 0.036 35.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.058 35.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.087 35.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.113 35.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.133 35.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.144 35.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.144 35.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.136 35.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.121 35.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.101 35.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.079 35.1);
}

Colors that work with #d06348

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

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC9C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#25A7A0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#65291A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEEEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241714
Dark-mode background
Hover#C24F32
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A6432B
Two steps down
Disabled#D1BCB7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DF6B4E
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
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d06348

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #65291A
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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight45/100
  • 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#48B5D0
Analogous left#D04871
Analogous right#D0A748
Split-complement 1#48D0A7
Split-complement 2#4871D0
Triadic 1#48D063
Triadic 2#6348D0
Tetradic#71D048
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°12°

#d06348 sits at 12°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green38.8%
Blue28.2%
R · 0–255
208
0xd0
G · 0–255
99
0x63
B · 0–255
72
0x48

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta52.4%
Yellow65.4%
Key (black)18.4%

Total ink coverage is 136%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d06348 text on a black background

contrast 5.56:1

Card sample

#d06348 text on a white background

contrast 3.78:1

Card sample

#d06348 on grey

3.45:1

#d06348 on its own surface

3.52:1

#d06348 on its dark surface

4.60:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d06348;
Background color
Panel with #d06348 background
background-color: #d06348;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d06348;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 99, 72, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 99, 72, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d06348;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d06348, #D0BE48);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d06348, #C0D048);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d06348;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d06348;
caret-color: #d06348;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d06348;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEEEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d06348;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d06348 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d06348 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, 99, 72, 0.5)
rgb(208 99 72 / 50%)
#d0634880
hsl(12 59% 55% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d06348 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d063481a#FAEFED
20%#d0634833#F6E0DA
40%#d0634866#ECC1B6
60%#d0634899#E3A191
80%#d06348cc#D9826D

Gradients from #d06348

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, #DC8C79, #d06348 45%, #65291A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d06348, #C6BF33);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d06348, #48B5D0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E3A191 0%, #d06348 45%, #65291A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DA7199 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D6BC60 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #65291A 0%, transparent 65%), #d06348;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d06348

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.

#d06348 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

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

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.56:1.

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.

#d06348, answered

What color is #d06348?

#d06348 is a balanced vivid red, closest to Tomato (ΔE2000 8.5). It sits at 12° on the hue wheel with 59% saturation and 55% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d06348?

rgb(208, 99, 72) — 208 red, 99 green and 72 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 38.8% / 28.2% by channel.

What is #d06348 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(12, 59%, 55%) and hsv(12, 65%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d06348 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2280 and perceived brightness is 54%, so black text on it reaches 5.56:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d06348?

Black. It scores 5.56:1 against #d06348, versus 3.78:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #d06348 accessible on a white background?

#d06348 on white scores 3.78:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #C65033 to reach 4.5:1, or #963D26 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d06348?

#48B5D0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #48D0A7 and #4871D0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d06348?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDC9C0 for borders, #9B5B4B for secondary text, #25A7A0 as an accent and #65291A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D04871 and #D0A748 stays calm, while #48B5D0 is the loudest partner.

What is #d06348 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 52%, 65%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d06348 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 10 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D07648; nudged cooler, #D2465D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d06348?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 8.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d06348 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d06348 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d06348] or text-[#d06348], 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 #d06348 with 50% opacity?

rgba(208, 99, 72, 0.5), or #d0634880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8B1A4; over black, #683224.

Is #d06348 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC6633, ΔE2000 6.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d06348 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 #d06348?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DC8C79, #d06348 45%, #65291A). For more colour, a short hue run to #C6BF33 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d06348 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d06348 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.