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#df747d

a light, vivid red · warm · closest name: Light Coral

Token name suggestion: Linen Ember

RGB
223, 116, 125
HSL
355°, 63%, 67%
CMYK
0, 48, 44, 13
Luminance
0.2966

#df747d is a light vivid red, 355° on the wheel and 19/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.93:1). As text it scores 3.03:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Light Coral, nearest Tailwind family is rose.

hsl(355 63% 67%)rgb(223 116 125)Base step 400AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df747d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df747d
Hue
355°
red
Saturation
63%
vivid
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
61%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2966
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
19/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
6.93:1
Closest name
Light Coral
ΔE2000 5
Chroma
44.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.683
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
rose
500 · ΔE 9.4
Web-safe
#CC6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue355° of 360°
Saturation63%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df747d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool19% 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
Red53%
Green42%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#df747d
HEX (8-digit)#df747dff
RGBrgb(223, 116, 125)
RGBArgba(223, 116, 125, 1)
HSLhsl(355, 63%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355, 48%, 87%)
HWBhwb(355 45% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 48%, 44%, 13%)
LABlab(61.4 42.4 14.3)
LCHlch(61.4 44.8 18.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.683 0.133 16.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.38, 29.66, 23.00)
Decimal14644349
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.455 0.490)
Web-safe#CC6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df747d;
background-color: #df747d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df747d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df747d] bg-[#df747d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df747d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.455, blue: 0.490)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.455, blue: 0.490, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF747D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF747D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF747D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(125, 116, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 116, 125)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 116, 125)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 116, 125)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.4549f, 0.4902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,116,125}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df747d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df747d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#68181E, #EED3D5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df747d 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: #F7E8E9;
  --brand-200: #F0CCCF;
  --brand-300: #EAA4AA;
  --brand-400: #df747d;
  --brand-500: #D54954;
  --brand-600: #C72E3B;
  --brand-700: #A62631;
  --brand-800: #851F27;
  --brand-900: #601A20;
  --brand-950: #3C1014;
  --brand: #df747d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F5;
  --brand-border: #EDC0C3;
  --brand-hover: #D85762;
  --brand-pressed: #D23A47;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241415;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F4',
        100: '#F7E8E9',
        200: '#F0CCCF',
        300: '#EAA4AA',
        400: '#df747d',
        500: '#D54954',
        600: '#C72E3B',
        700: '#A62631',
        800: '#851F27',
        900: '#601A20',
        950: '#3C1014',
        DEFAULT: '#df747d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F4,
  '100': #F7E8E9,
  '200': #F0CCCF,
  '300': #EAA4AA,
  '400': #df747d,
  '500': #D54954,
  '600': #C72E3B,
  '700': #A62631,
  '800': #851F27,
  '900': #601A20,
  '950': #3C1014,
);
$brand-base: #df747d;
$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": "#F7E8E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CCCF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EAA4AA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#df747d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D54954", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C72E3B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A62631", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#851F27", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601A20", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1014", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #df747d · 6.93:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.03:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.93:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #df747d as text scores 3.03:1 on white and 6.93:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #68181E at 3.99:1.

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
#D33E4B · 4.60:1
AA on white−13% L
#D33E4B
The quick fox
#A82731 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−26% L
#A82731
The quick fox
#df747d · 6.93:1
AA on blackalready passes
#df747d
The quick fox
#E07881 · 7.17:1
AAA on black+1% L
#E07881

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DF747D 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
#df747d on white: 3.03:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df747d on black: 6.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df747d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df747d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.03:1AaAa
Slate 502.90:1AaAa
Slate 1002.77:1AaAa
Slate 2002.46:1AaAa
Slate 3002.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.18:1AaAa
Slate 5001.57:1AaAa
Slate 6002.50:1AaAa
Slate 7003.42:1AaAa
Slate 8004.83:1AaAa
Slate 9005.89:1AaAa
Black6.93:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8A877D
deuteranopia · #A59C7B
tritanopia · #F16778

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. #df747d is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF4F4
#F7E8E9
#F0CCCF
#EAA4AA
#df747d
#D54954
#C72E3B
#A62631
#851F27
#601A20
#3C1014
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F4Darkest = 950 · #3C1014Text 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 0.033 16.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 16.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.080 16.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.104 16.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.123 16.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.133 16.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.133 16.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.125 16.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.112 16.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.093 16.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.073 16.0);
}

Colors that work with #df747d

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#FAF4F5
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0C3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B51
Captions on the surface
Accent#23A97D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#68181E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAEC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241415
Dark-mode background
Hover#D85762
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D23A47
Two steps down
Disabled#E8DBDC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EA7D86
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 #df747d

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
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #68181E
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 lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

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
  • Weight34/100
  • 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#74DFD6
Analogous left#DF74B2
Analogous right#DFA174
Split-complement 1#74DFA1
Split-complement 2#74B2DF
Triadic 1#7DDF74
Triadic 2#747DDF
Tetradic#B2DF74
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°355°

#df747d sits at 355°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green45.5%
Blue49.0%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
116
0x74
B · 0–255
125
0x7d

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta48.0%
Yellow43.9%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 104%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#df747d text on a black background

contrast 6.93:1

Card sample

#df747d text on a white background

contrast 3.03:1

Card sample

#df747d on grey

2.77:1

#df747d on its own surface

2.79:1

#df747d on its dark surface

5.85:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df747d;
Background color
Panel with #df747d background
background-color: #df747d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df747d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 116, 125, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 116, 125, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df747d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df747d, #DFB274);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df747d, #DFCD74);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df747d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df747d;
caret-color: #df747d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df747d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAEC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df747d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df747d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df747d 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, 116, 125, 0.5)
rgb(223 116 125 / 50%)
#df747d80
hsl(355 63% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df747d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df747d1a#FCF1F2
20%#df747d33#F9E3E5
40%#df747d66#F2C7CB
60%#df747d99#ECACB1
80%#df747dcc#E59097

Gradients from #df747d

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, #EAA6AC, #df747d 45%, #68181E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df747d, #D9AF5B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df747d, #74DFD6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0BFC3 0%, #df747d 45%, #68181E 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%, #E99ED0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E5B98D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #68181E 0%, transparent 65%), #df747d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df747d

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.

#df747d 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
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
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 6.93:1.

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.

#df747d, answered

What color is #df747d?

#df747d is a light vivid red, closest to Light Coral (ΔE2000 5). It sits at 355° on the hue wheel with 63% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #df747d?

rgb(223, 116, 125) — 223 red, 116 green and 125 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 45.5% / 49% by channel.

What is #df747d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(355, 63%, 67%) and hsv(355, 48%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df747d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2966 and perceived brightness is 61%, so black text on it reaches 6.93:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df747d?

Black. It scores 6.93:1 against #df747d, versus 3.03:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #df747d accessible on a white background?

#df747d on white scores 3.03:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #D33E4B to reach 4.5:1, or #A82731 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #df747d?

#74DFD6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #74DFA1 and #74B2DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df747d?

For interface work: #FAF4F5 as the surface, #EDC0C3 for borders, #9B4B51 for secondary text, #23A97D as an accent and #68181E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DF74B2 and #DFA174 stays calm, while #74DFD6 is the loudest partner.

What is #df747d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 48%, 44%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #df747d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 19 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF9174; nudged cooler, #E172A4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df747d?

The rose family — its 500 step is #f43f5e, ΔE2000 9.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #df747d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #df747d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df747d] or text-[#df747d], 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 #df747d with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 116, 125, 0.5), or #df747d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFBABE; over black, #703A3F.

Is #df747d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC6666, ΔE2000 6.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df747d 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 #df747d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EAA6AC, #df747d 45%, #68181E). For more colour, a short hue run to #D9AF5B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df747d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df747d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.