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#df0923

a balanced, electric red · warm · closest name: Crimson

Token name suggestion: Atlas Cardinal

RGB
223, 9, 35
HSL
353°, 92%, 46%
CMYK
0, 96, 84, 13
Luminance
0.1600

#df0923 is a balanced electric red, 353° on the wheel and 21/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.00:1). As text it scores 5.00:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Crimson, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(353 92% 46%)rgb(223 9 35)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df0923 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df0923
Hue
353°
red
Saturation
92%
electric
Lightness
46%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
48%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1600
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
21/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
5.00:1
Closest name
Crimson
ΔE2000 6.1
Chroma
86.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.571
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 8.5
Web-safe
#CC0033
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue353° of 360°
Saturation92%
Lightness46%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df0923.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool21% 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%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#df0923
HEX (8-digit)#df0923ff
RGBrgb(223, 9, 35)
RGBArgba(223, 9, 35, 1)
HSLhsl(353, 92%, 46%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353, 96%, 87%)
HWBhwb(353 4% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 96%, 84%, 13%)
LABlab(47.0 72.1 47.8)
LCHlch(47.0 86.5 33.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.571 0.229 25.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(30.84, 16.01, 3.06)
Decimal14616867
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.035 0.137)
Web-safe#CC0033

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df0923;
background-color: #df0923;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df0923;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df0923] bg-[#df0923]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df0923;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.035, blue: 0.137)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.035, blue: 0.137, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF0923</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF0923)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF0923)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(35, 9, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 9, 35)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 9, 35)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 9, 35)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.0353f, 0.1373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,9,35}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df0923 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df0923 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7B0513, #EED3D6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df0923 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: #FDF2F3;
  --brand-100: #FBE4E7;
  --brand-200: #F9C3C9;
  --brand-300: #FB93A0;
  --brand-400: #F85D70;
  --brand-500: #F62741;
  --brand-600: #df0923;
  --brand-700: #C4081F;
  --brand-800: #9D0619;
  --brand-900: #710916;
  --brand-950: #47060E;
  --brand: #df0923;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F5;
  --brand-border: #EDC0C5;
  --brand-hover: #BD081E;
  --brand-pressed: #9A0618;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241416;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F3',
        100: '#FBE4E7',
        200: '#F9C3C9',
        300: '#FB93A0',
        400: '#F85D70',
        500: '#F62741',
        600: '#df0923',
        700: '#C4081F',
        800: '#9D0619',
        900: '#710916',
        950: '#47060E',
        DEFAULT: '#df0923',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F3,
  '100': #FBE4E7,
  '200': #F9C3C9,
  '300': #FB93A0,
  '400': #F85D70,
  '500': #F62741,
  '600': #df0923,
  '700': #C4081F,
  '800': #9D0619,
  '900': #710916,
  '950': #47060E,
);
$brand-base: #df0923;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBE4E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F9C3C9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FB93A0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F85D70", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F62741", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#df0923", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C4081F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9D0619", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#710916", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#47060E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #df0923 · 5.00:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.00:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.20:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #df0923 as text scores 5.00:1 on white and 4.20:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FEE6E9 at 4.22:1.

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
#df0923 · 5.00:1
AA on whitealready passes
#df0923
The quick fox
#B3071C · 7.09:1
AAA on white−9% L
#B3071C
The quick fox
#E90925 · 4.53:1
AA on black+2% L
#E90925
The quick fox
#F96577 · 7.16:1
AAA on black+23% L
#F96577

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DF0923 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
#df0923 on white: 5.00:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df0923 on black: 4.20:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df0923 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df0923.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.00:1AaAa
Slate 504.78:1AaAa
Slate 1004.56:1AaAa
Slate 2004.05:1AaAa
Slate 3003.37:1AaAa
Slate 4001.95:1AaAa
Slate 5001.05:1AaAa
Slate 6001.52:1AaAa
Slate 7002.07:1AaAa
Slate 8002.93:1AaAa
Slate 9003.57:1AaAa
Black4.20:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #5E5420
deuteranopia · #8E7E15
tritanopia · #F6001A

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. #df0923 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F3
#FBE4E7
#F9C3C9
#FB93A0
#F85D70
#F62741
#df0923
#C4081F
#9D0619
#710916
#47060E
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F3Darkest = 950 · #47060EText 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 0.057 25.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.092 25.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.137 25.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.179 25.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.211 25.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.229 25.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.229 25.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.215 25.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.192 25.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.160 25.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.126 25.7);
}

Colors that work with #df0923

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#EDC0C5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B54
Captions on the surface
Accent#03C980
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7B0513
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE6E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241416
Dark-mode background
Hover#BD081E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9A0618
Two steps down
Disabled#BE9A9E
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FC001F
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 #df0923

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
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • 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
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 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight55/100
  • 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#09DFC5
Analogous left#DF098E
Analogous right#DF5A09
Split-complement 1#09DF5A
Split-complement 2#098EDF
Triadic 1#23DF09
Triadic 2#0923DF
Tetradic#8EDF09
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°353°

#df0923 sits at 353°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green3.5%
Blue13.7%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
9
0x09
B · 0–255
35
0x23

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta96.0%
Yellow84.3%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 193%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#df0923 text on a black background

contrast 4.20:1

Card sample

#df0923 text on a white background

contrast 5.00:1

Card sample

#df0923 on grey

4.56:1

#df0923 on its own surface

4.60:1

#df0923 on its dark surface

3.54:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df0923;
Background color
Panel with #df0923 background
background-color: #df0923;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df0923;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 9, 35, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 9, 35, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df0923;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df0923, #DF7E09);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df0923, #DFB309);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df0923;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df0923;
caret-color: #df0923;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df0923;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE6E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df0923;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df0923 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df0923 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(223, 9, 35, 0.5)
rgb(223 9 35 / 50%)
#df092380
hsl(353 92% 46% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df0923 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df09231a#FCE6E9
20%#df092333#F9CED3
40%#df092366#F29DA7
60%#df092399#EC6B7B
80%#df0923cc#E53A4F

Gradients from #df0923

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, #F72F47, #df0923 45%, #7B0513);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df0923, #C27D08);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df0923, #09DFC5);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F84C61 0%, #df0923 45%, #7B0513 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%, #F625B8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F57B11 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7B0513 0%, transparent 65%), #df0923;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df0923

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.

#df0923 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 4.20:1 — lift it to #E90925 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.

#df0923, answered

What color is #df0923?

#df0923 is a balanced electric red, closest to Crimson (ΔE2000 6.1). It sits at 353° on the hue wheel with 92% saturation and 46% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #df0923?

rgb(223, 9, 35) — 223 red, 9 green and 35 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 3.5% / 13.7% by channel.

What is #df0923 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(353, 92%, 46%) and hsv(353, 96%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df0923 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1600 and perceived brightness is 48%, so white text on it reaches 5.00:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df0923?

White. It scores 5.00:1 against #df0923, versus 4.20:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #df0923 accessible on a white background?

#df0923 on white scores 5.00:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #df0923?

#09DFC5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #09DF5A and #098EDF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df0923?

For interface work: #FAF4F5 as the surface, #EDC0C5 for borders, #9B4B54 for secondary text, #03C980 as an accent and #7B0513 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DF098E and #DF5A09 stays calm, while #09DFC5 is the loudest partner.

What is #df0923 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 96%, 84%, 13%). 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 #df0923 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 21 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF2E09; nudged cooler, #E10771.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df0923?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 8.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #df0923 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #df0923 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df0923] or text-[#df0923], 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 #df0923 with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 9, 35, 0.5), or #df092380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EF8491; over black, #700512.

Is #df0923 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0033, ΔE2000 7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df0923 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 #df0923?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F72F47, #df0923 45%, #7B0513). For more colour, a short hue run to #C27D08 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df0923 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df0923 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.