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#df937c

a light, vivid red · warm · closest name: Dark Salmon

Token name suggestion: Morning Cherry

RGB
223, 147, 124
HSL
14°, 61%, 68%
CMYK
0, 34, 44, 13
Luminance
0.3801

#df937c is a light vivid red, 14° on the wheel and 9/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.60:1). As text it scores 2.44:1 on white — use #C55330 instead. Nearest name is Dark Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(14 61% 68%)rgb(223 147 124)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df937c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df937c
Hue
14°
red
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3801
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
9/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.60:1
Closest name
Dark Salmon
ΔE2000 2.3
Chroma
35.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.734
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 15.3
Web-safe
#CC9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue14° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df937c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool9% 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
Red41%
Green55%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#df937c
HEX (8-digit)#df937cff
RGBrgb(223, 147, 124)
RGBArgba(223, 147, 124, 1)
HSLhsl(14, 61%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14, 44%, 87%)
HWBhwb(14 49% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34%, 44%, 13%)
LABlab(68.0 26.1 24.0)
LCHlch(68.0 35.4 42.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.734 0.098 37.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.51, 38.01, 24.06)
Decimal14652284
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.576 0.486)
Web-safe#CC9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df937c;
background-color: #df937c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df937c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df937c] bg-[#df937c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df937c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.576, blue: 0.486)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.576, blue: 0.486, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF937C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF937C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF937C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(124, 147, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 147, 124)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 147, 124)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 147, 124)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.5765f, 0.4863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,147,124}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df937c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df937c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#662B19, #EED9D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df937c 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: #F7ECE8;
  --brand-200: #F0D4CC;
  --brand-300: #E9B5A5;
  --brand-400: #df937c;
  --brand-500: #D36A4B;
  --brand-600: #C55330;
  --brand-700: #A44528;
  --brand-800: #833720;
  --brand-900: #5F2B1B;
  --brand-950: #3C1B11;
  --brand: #df937c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCAC0;
  --brand-hover: #D87B5F;
  --brand-pressed: #D16342;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241814;
    --brand-ink: #EED9D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF5F4',
        100: '#F7ECE8',
        200: '#F0D4CC',
        300: '#E9B5A5',
        400: '#df937c',
        500: '#D36A4B',
        600: '#C55330',
        700: '#A44528',
        800: '#833720',
        900: '#5F2B1B',
        950: '#3C1B11',
        DEFAULT: '#df937c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF5F4,
  '100': #F7ECE8,
  '200': #F0D4CC,
  '300': #E9B5A5,
  '400': #df937c,
  '500': #D36A4B,
  '600': #C55330,
  '700': #A44528,
  '800': #833720,
  '900': #5F2B1B,
  '950': #3C1B11,
);
$brand-base: #df937c;
$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": "#F7ECE8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0D4CC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E9B5A5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#df937c", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D36A4B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C55330", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A44528", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#833720", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5F2B1B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1B11", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #df937c · 8.60:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.44:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.60:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #df937c as text scores 2.44:1 on white and 8.60:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #662B19 at 4.47:1.

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
#C55330 · 4.51:1
AA on white−20% L
#C55330
The quick fox
#943E24 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−32% L
#943E24
The quick fox
#df937c · 8.60:1
AA on blackalready passes
#df937c
The quick fox
#df937c · 8.60:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#df937c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D87B5F 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
#df937c on white: 2.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df937c on black: 8.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df937c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df937c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.44:1AaAa
Slate 502.33:1AaAa
Slate 1002.23:1AaAa
Slate 2001.98:1AaAa
Slate 3001.64:1AaAa
Slate 4001.05:1AaAa
Slate 5001.95:1AaAa
Slate 6003.10:1AaAa
Slate 7004.24:1AaAa
Slate 8005.99:1AaAa
Slate 9007.31:1AaAa
Black8.60:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A59C7A
deuteranopia · #B7AC7B
tritanopia · #F0878D

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. #df937c 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.

#FBF5F4
#F7ECE8
#F0D4CC
#E9B5A5
#df937c
#D36A4B
#C55330
#A44528
#833720
#5F2B1B
#3C1B11
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBF5F4Darkest = 950 · #3C1B11Text 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 0.025 37.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 37.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.059 37.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.077 37.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.091 37.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.098 37.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.098 37.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.092 37.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.083 37.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.069 37.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.054 37.6);
}

Colors that work with #df937c

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#EDCAC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5D4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#24A8A5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#662B19
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEEEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241814
Dark-mode background
Hover#D87B5F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D16342
Two steps down
Disabled#EBE2E0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EA9D85
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #df937c

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

Works well for
  • 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
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #662B19
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D87B5F

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
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#7CC8DF
Analogous left#DF7C96
Analogous right#DFC47C
Split-complement 1#7CDFC4
Split-complement 2#7C96DF
Triadic 1#7CDF93
Triadic 2#937CDF
Tetradic#96DF7C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°14°

#df937c sits at 14°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green57.6%
Blue48.6%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
147
0x93
B · 0–255
124
0x7c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta34.1%
Yellow44.4%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 91%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#df937c text on a black background

contrast 8.60:1

Card sample

#df937c text on a white background

contrast 2.44:1

Card sample

#df937c on grey

2.23:1

#df937c on its own surface

2.27:1

#df937c on its dark surface

7.08:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df937c;
Background color
Panel with #df937c background
background-color: #df937c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df937c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 147, 124, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 147, 124, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df937c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df937c, #DFD57C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df937c, #D0DF7C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df937c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df937c;
caret-color: #df937c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df937c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEEEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df937c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df937c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df937c 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, 147, 124, 0.5)
rgb(223 147 124 / 50%)
#df937c80
hsl(14 61% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df937c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df937c1a#FCF4F2
20%#df937c33#F9E9E5
40%#df937c66#F2D4CB
60%#df937c99#ECBEB0
80%#df937ccc#E5A996

Gradients from #df937c

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, #EBBBAD, #df937c 45%, #662B19);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df937c, #D9D763);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df937c, #7CC8DF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1D0C6 0%, #df937c 45%, #662B19 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%, #E9A5BD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E5D694 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #662B19 0%, transparent 65%), #df937c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df937c

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.

#df937c 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 8.60:1.

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.

#df937c, answered

What color is #df937c?

#df937c is a light vivid red, closest to Dark Salmon (ΔE2000 2.3). It sits at 14° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #df937c?

rgb(223, 147, 124) — 223 red, 147 green and 124 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 57.6% / 48.6% by channel.

What is #df937c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(14, 61%, 68%) and hsv(14, 44%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df937c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3801 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 8.60:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df937c?

Black. It scores 8.60:1 against #df937c, versus 2.44:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #df937c accessible on a white background?

#df937c on white scores 2.44:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C55330 to reach 4.5:1, or #943E24 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #df937c?

#7CC8DF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7CDFC4 and #7C96DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df937c?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCAC0 for borders, #9B5D4B for secondary text, #24A8A5 as an accent and #662B19 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DF7C96 and #DFC47C stays calm, while #7CC8DF is the loudest partner.

What is #df937c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 34%, 44%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #df937c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 9 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DFA07C; nudged cooler, #E17A88.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df937c?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 15.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #df937c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #df937c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df937c] or text-[#df937c], 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 #df937c with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 147, 124, 0.5), or #df937c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFC9BE; over black, #704A3E.

Is #df937c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9966, ΔE2000 12.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df937c 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 #df937c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBBBAD, #df937c 45%, #662B19). For more colour, a short hue run to #D9D763 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df937c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df937c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.