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#d95f5c

a balanced, vivid red · warm · closest name: Indian Red

Token name suggestion: True Cherry

RGB
217, 95, 92
HSL
1°, 62%, 61%
CMYK
0, 56, 58, 15
Luminance
0.2371

#d95f5c is a balanced vivid red, 1° on the wheel and 16/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.74:1). As text it scores 3.66:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Indian Red, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(1 62% 61%)rgb(217 95 92)Base step 500AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d95f5c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d95f5c
Hue
red
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
61%
balanced
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
56%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2371
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
16/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.74:1
Closest name
Indian Red
ΔE2000 2.8
Chroma
54.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.637
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 5.8
Web-safe
#CC6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue1° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness61%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d95f5c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool16% 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
Red62%
Green35%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#d95f5c
HEX (8-digit)#d95f5cff
RGBrgb(217, 95, 92)
RGBArgba(217, 95, 92, 1)
HSLhsl(1, 62%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1, 58%, 85%)
HWBhwb(1 36% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56%, 58%, 15%)
LABlab(55.8 47.7 25.6)
LCHlch(55.8 54.1 28.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.637 0.154 23.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(34.64, 23.71, 12.88)
Decimal14245724
Display P3color(display-p3 0.851 0.373 0.361)
Web-safe#CC6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d95f5c;
background-color: #d95f5c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d95f5c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d95f5c] bg-[#d95f5c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d95f5c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.851, green: 0.373, blue: 0.361)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.851, green: 0.373, blue: 0.361, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D95F5C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD95F5C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD95F5C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(92, 95, 217)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(217, 95, 92)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(217, 95, 92)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 217, 95, 92)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8510f, 0.3725f, 0.3608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{217,95,92}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d95f5c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d95f5c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#671A18, #EED3D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d95f5c 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: #FBF4F4;
  --brand-100: #F7E9E8;
  --brand-200: #F0CDCC;
  --brand-300: #EAA6A4;
  --brand-400: #DF7977;
  --brand-500: #d95f5c;
  --brand-600: #C7322E;
  --brand-700: #A52A27;
  --brand-800: #84211F;
  --brand-900: #601C1A;
  --brand-950: #3C1110;
  --brand: #d95f5c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC1C0;
  --brand-hover: #D2433F;
  --brand-pressed: #C1302D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241414;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F4',
        100: '#F7E9E8',
        200: '#F0CDCC',
        300: '#EAA6A4',
        400: '#DF7977',
        500: '#d95f5c',
        600: '#C7322E',
        700: '#A52A27',
        800: '#84211F',
        900: '#601C1A',
        950: '#3C1110',
        DEFAULT: '#d95f5c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F4,
  '100': #F7E9E8,
  '200': #F0CDCC,
  '300': #EAA6A4,
  '400': #DF7977,
  '500': #d95f5c,
  '600': #C7322E,
  '700': #A52A27,
  '800': #84211F,
  '900': #601C1A,
  '950': #3C1110,
);
$brand-base: #d95f5c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E9E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CDCC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EAA6A4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DF7977", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#d95f5c", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C7322E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A52A27", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#84211F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601C1A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1110", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d95f5c · 5.74:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.66:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.74:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #d95f5c as text scores 3.66:1 on white and 5.74:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #671A18 at 3.30:1.

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
#D2433F · 4.55:1
AA on white−7% L
#D2433F
The quick fox
#A42926 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−21% L
#A42926
The quick fox
#d95f5c · 5.74:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d95f5c
The quick fox
#DF7775 · 7.03:1
AAA on black+6% L
#DF7775

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D95F5C 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
#d95f5c on white: 3.66:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d95f5c on black: 5.74:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d95f5c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d95f5c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.66:1AaAa
Slate 503.50:1AaAa
Slate 1003.34:1AaAa
Slate 2002.97:1AaAa
Slate 3002.46:1AaAa
Slate 4001.43:1AaAa
Slate 5001.30:1AaAa
Slate 6002.07:1AaAa
Slate 7002.83:1AaAa
Slate 8004.00:1AaAa
Slate 9004.88:1AaAa
Black5.74:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7D765B
deuteranopia · #9B8F59
tritanopia · #ED4A5F

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. #d95f5c 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.

#FBF4F4
#F7E9E8
#F0CDCC
#EAA6A4
#DF7977
#d95f5c
#C7322E
#A52A27
#84211F
#601C1A
#3C1110
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F4Darkest = 950 · #3C1110Text 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 0.039 23.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.062 23.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.093 23.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.120 23.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.142 23.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.154 23.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.154 23.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.145 23.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.130 23.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.108 23.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.085 23.9);
}

Colors that work with #d95f5c

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#FAF4F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC1C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4C4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#22AA8B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#671A18
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEBEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241414
Dark-mode background
Hover#D2433F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C1302D
Two steps down
Disabled#DCC9C9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E66764
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 #d95f5c

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 #671A18
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
  • Weight39/100
  • 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#5CD6D9
Analogous left#D95C98
Analogous right#D99D5C
Split-complement 1#5CD99D
Split-complement 2#5C98D9
Triadic 1#5CD95F
Triadic 2#5F5CD9
Tetradic#98D95C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°1°

#d95f5c sits at 1°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.1%
Green37.3%
Blue36.1%
R · 0–255
217
0xd9
G · 0–255
95
0x5f
B · 0–255
92
0x5c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta56.2%
Yellow57.6%
Key (black)14.9%

Total ink coverage is 129%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d95f5c text on a black background

contrast 5.74:1

Card sample

#d95f5c text on a white background

contrast 3.66:1

Card sample

#d95f5c on grey

3.34:1

#d95f5c on its own surface

3.36:1

#d95f5c on its dark surface

4.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d95f5c;
Background color
Panel with #d95f5c background
background-color: #d95f5c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d95f5c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(217, 95, 92, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(217, 95, 92, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d95f5c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d95f5c, #D9B25C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d95f5c, #D9D25C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d95f5c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d95f5c;
caret-color: #d95f5c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d95f5c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEBEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d95f5c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d95f5c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d95f5c 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(217, 95, 92, 0.5)
rgb(217 95 92 / 50%)
#d95f5c80
hsl(1 62% 61% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d95f5c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d95f5c1a#FBEFEF
20%#d95f5c33#F7DFDE
40%#d95f5c66#F0BFBE
60%#d95f5c99#E89F9D
80%#d95f5ccc#E17F7D

Gradients from #d95f5c

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, #E5908E, #d95f5c 45%, #671A18);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d95f5c, #D3B343);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d95f5c, #5CD6D9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EAA8A6 0%, #d95f5c 45%, #671A18 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E385BA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DFB575 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #671A18 0%, transparent 65%), #d95f5c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d95f5c

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.

#d95f5c 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 5.74:1.

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.

#d95f5c, answered

What color is #d95f5c?

#d95f5c is a balanced vivid red, closest to Indian Red (ΔE2000 2.8). It sits at 1° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 61% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d95f5c?

rgb(217, 95, 92) — 217 red, 95 green and 92 blue out of 255, or 85.1% / 37.3% / 36.1% by channel.

What is #d95f5c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(1, 62%, 61%) and hsv(1, 58%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d95f5c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2371 and perceived brightness is 56%, so black text on it reaches 5.74:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d95f5c?

Black. It scores 5.74:1 against #d95f5c, versus 3.66:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #d95f5c accessible on a white background?

#d95f5c on white scores 3.66:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #D2433F to reach 4.5:1, or #A42926 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d95f5c?

#5CD6D9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5CD99D and #5C98D9, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d95f5c?

For interface work: #FAF4F4 as the surface, #EDC1C0 for borders, #9B4C4B for secondary text, #22AA8B as an accent and #671A18 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D95C98 and #D99D5C stays calm, while #5CD6D9 is the loudest partner.

What is #d95f5c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 56%, 58%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d95f5c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 16 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D97F5C; nudged cooler, #DB5A86.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d95f5c?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 5.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d95f5c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d95f5c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d95f5c] or text-[#d95f5c], 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 #d95f5c with 50% opacity?

rgba(217, 95, 92, 0.5), or #d95f5c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #ECAFAE; over black, #6D302E.

Is #d95f5c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC6666, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d95f5c 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 #d95f5c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5908E, #d95f5c 45%, #671A18). For more colour, a short hue run to #D3B343 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d95f5c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d95f5c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.