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#da3d4d

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

Token name suggestion: Studio Cardinal

RGB
218, 61, 77
HSL
354°, 68%, 55%
CMYK
0, 72, 65, 15
Luminance
0.1878

#da3d4d is a balanced vivid red, 354° on the wheel and 20/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (4.76:1). As text it scores 4.42:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Crimson, nearest Tailwind family is rose.

hsl(354 68% 55%)rgb(218 61 77)Base step 500AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #da3d4d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#da3d4d
Hue
354°
red
Saturation
68%
vivid
Lightness
55%
balanced
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1878
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
20/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
4.76:1
Closest name
Crimson
ΔE2000 4.4
Chroma
67.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.597
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
rose
500 · ΔE 6
Web-safe
#CC3366
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue354° of 360°
Saturation68%
Lightness55%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #da3d4d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool20% 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
Red79%
Green18%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#da3d4d
HEX (8-digit)#da3d4dff
RGBrgb(218, 61, 77)
RGBArgba(218, 61, 77, 1)
HSLhsl(354, 68%, 55%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354, 72%, 85%)
HWBhwb(354 24% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 72%, 65%, 15%)
LABlab(50.4 61.2 27.5)
LCHlch(50.4 67.1 24.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.597 0.193 19.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(31.93, 18.78, 8.96)
Decimal14302541
Display P3color(display-p3 0.855 0.239 0.302)
Web-safe#CC3366

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #da3d4d;
background-color: #da3d4d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #da3d4d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#da3d4d] bg-[#da3d4d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #da3d4d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.239, blue: 0.302)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.239, blue: 0.302, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DA3D4D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDA3D4D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDA3D4D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(77, 61, 218)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(218, 61, 77)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(218, 61, 77)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 61, 77)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8549f, 0.2392f, 0.3020f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{218,61,77}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #da3d4d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #da3d4d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6B141D, #EED3D5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #da3d4d 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: #FBF3F4;
  --brand-100: #F8E8E9;
  --brand-200: #F2CACE;
  --brand-300: #EDA1A9;
  --brand-400: #E4727D;
  --brand-500: #da3d4d;
  --brand-600: #CE2738;
  --brand-700: #AB212F;
  --brand-800: #891A25;
  --brand-900: #63171F;
  --brand-950: #3E0E13;
  --brand: #da3d4d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F5;
  --brand-border: #EDC0C4;
  --brand-hover: #CC2738;
  --brand-pressed: #AE2130;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241415;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3F4',
        100: '#F8E8E9',
        200: '#F2CACE',
        300: '#EDA1A9',
        400: '#E4727D',
        500: '#da3d4d',
        600: '#CE2738',
        700: '#AB212F',
        800: '#891A25',
        900: '#63171F',
        950: '#3E0E13',
        DEFAULT: '#da3d4d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3F4,
  '100': #F8E8E9,
  '200': #F2CACE,
  '300': #EDA1A9,
  '400': #E4727D,
  '500': #da3d4d,
  '600': #CE2738,
  '700': #AB212F,
  '800': #891A25,
  '900': #63171F,
  '950': #3E0E13,
);
$brand-base: #da3d4d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E8E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F2CACE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EDA1A9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E4727D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#da3d4d", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CE2738", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AB212F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#891A25", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#63171F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3E0E13", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #da3d4d · 4.76:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.42:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.76:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #da3d4d as text scores 4.42:1 on white and 4.76:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6B141D at 2.73:1.

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
#D93949 · 4.53:1
AA on white−1% L
#D93949
The quick fox
#AA202E · 7.11:1
AAA on white−15% L
#AA202E
The quick fox
#da3d4d · 4.76:1
AA on blackalready passes
#da3d4d
The quick fox
#E57580 · 7.19:1
AAA on black+13% L
#E57580

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DA3D4D 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
#da3d4d on white: 4.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#da3d4d on black: 4.76:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #da3d4d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #da3d4d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.42:1AaAa
Slate 504.22:1AaAa
Slate 1004.03:1AaAa
Slate 2003.58:1AaAa
Slate 3002.97:1AaAa
Slate 4001.72:1AaAa
Slate 5001.08:1AaAa
Slate 6001.72:1AaAa
Slate 7002.34:1AaAa
Slate 8003.31:1AaAa
Slate 9004.04:1AaAa
Black4.76:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #69634C
deuteranopia · #908448
tritanopia · #EF0044

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. #da3d4d 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.

#FBF3F4
#F8E8E9
#F2CACE
#EDA1A9
#E4727D
#da3d4d
#CE2738
#AB212F
#891A25
#63171F
#3E0E13
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FBF3F4Darkest = 950 · #3E0E13Text 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 0.048 19.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.077 19.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.116 19.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.150 19.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.177 19.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.193 19.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.193 19.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.181 19.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.162 19.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.135 19.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.106 19.9);
}

Colors that work with #da3d4d

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#EDC0C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B53
Captions on the surface
Accent#1CB07C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6B141D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBEAEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241415
Dark-mode background
Hover#CC2738
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AE2130
Two steps down
Disabled#D1B7B9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E84454
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 #da3d4d

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 #6B141D
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#3DDACA
Analogous left#DA3D9B
Analogous right#DA7C3D
Split-complement 1#3DDA7C
Split-complement 2#3D9BDA
Triadic 1#4DDA3D
Triadic 2#3D4DDA
Tetradic#9BDA3D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°354°

#da3d4d sits at 354°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green23.9%
Blue30.2%
R · 0–255
218
0xda
G · 0–255
61
0x3d
B · 0–255
77
0x4d

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta72.0%
Yellow64.7%
Key (black)14.5%

Total ink coverage is 151%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#da3d4d text on a black background

contrast 4.76:1

Card sample

#da3d4d text on a white background

contrast 4.42:1

Card sample

#da3d4d on grey

4.03:1

#da3d4d on its own surface

4.06:1

#da3d4d on its dark surface

4.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #da3d4d;
Background color
Panel with #da3d4d background
background-color: #da3d4d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #da3d4d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 61, 77, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 61, 77, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #da3d4d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #da3d4d, #DA963D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da3d4d, #DABD3D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #da3d4d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #da3d4d;
caret-color: #da3d4d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #da3d4d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBEAEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #da3d4d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#da3d4d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #da3d4d 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(218, 61, 77, 0.5)
rgb(218 61 77 / 50%)
#da3d4d80
hsl(354 68% 55% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #da3d4d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#da3d4d1a#FBECED
20%#da3d4d33#F8D8DB
40%#da3d4d66#F0B1B8
60%#da3d4d99#E98B94
80%#da3d4dcc#E16471

Gradients from #da3d4d

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, #E4707C, #da3d4d 45%, #6B141D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #da3d4d, #D19528);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da3d4d, #3DDACA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E98A94 0%, #da3d4d 45%, #6B141D 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%, #E268BC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DF9857 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6B141D 0%, transparent 65%), #da3d4d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #da3d4d

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.

#da3d4d 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 4.76:1.

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.

#da3d4d, answered

What color is #da3d4d?

#da3d4d is a balanced vivid red, closest to Crimson (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 354° on the hue wheel with 68% saturation and 55% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #da3d4d?

rgb(218, 61, 77) — 218 red, 61 green and 77 blue out of 255, or 85.5% / 23.9% / 30.2% by channel.

What is #da3d4d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(354, 68%, 55%) and hsv(354, 72%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #da3d4d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.1878 and perceived brightness is 51%, so black text on it reaches 4.76:1.

Should I use black or white text on #da3d4d?

Black. It scores 4.76:1 against #da3d4d, versus 4.42:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #da3d4d accessible on a white background?

#da3d4d on white scores 4.42:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #D93949 to reach 4.5:1, or #AA202E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #da3d4d?

#3DDACA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3DDA7C and #3D9BDA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #da3d4d?

For interface work: #FAF4F5 as the surface, #EDC0C4 for borders, #9B4B53 for secondary text, #1CB07C as an accent and #6B141D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DA3D9B and #DA7C3D stays calm, while #3DDACA is the loudest partner.

What is #da3d4d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 72%, 65%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #da3d4d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 20 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DA5F3D; nudged cooler, #DC3B86.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #da3d4d?

The rose family — its 500 step is #f43f5e, ΔE2000 6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #da3d4d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #da3d4d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#da3d4d] or text-[#da3d4d], 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 #da3d4d with 50% opacity?

rgba(218, 61, 77, 0.5), or #da3d4d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #ED9EA6; over black, #6D1F27.

Is #da3d4d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC3366, ΔE2000 10.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #da3d4d 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 #da3d4d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E4707C, #da3d4d 45%, #6B141D). For more colour, a short hue run to #D19528 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #da3d4d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #da3d4d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.