RED

Cherry Red

#D2042D

Conversions

HEX#D2042D

RGBrgb(210, 4, 45)

HSLhsl(348, 96%, 42%)

HSVhsv(348, 98%, 82%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 98%, 79%, 18%)

Copy CSS

color: #d2042d;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(210, 4, 45);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(348, 96%, 42%);

Contrast

On whitePass · 5.53 : 1

On ink blackFail · 3.46 : 1

Shades

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Pairings

About Cherry Red

Cherry Red is the hex color #D2042D, which translates to rgb(210, 4, 45) in RGB and hsl(348, 96%, 42%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 348 degrees, with a saturation of 96 percent and a lightness of 42 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.219 is high, so Cherry Red is one of the more vivid red tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Cherry Red compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is crimson (#DC143C), a CIE76 distance of 6.0 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is rose-700 (#C70036), at a distance of 9.2. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Crimson at 6.0. Sorted by lightness, Cherry Red is number 7 of the 18 red colors here.

Text on Cherry Red

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Cherry Red, led by White at 5.53:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Cherry Red already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Cherry Red. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	5.53:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	3.46:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	1.86:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	4.47:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Cherry Red

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Cherry Red for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Cherry Red

Format	Value
HEX	#D2042D
RGB	rgb(210, 4, 45)
HSL	hsl(348, 96%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 98%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 98%, 79%, 18%)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.2189 22.62)
CIELAB	lab(44.21 69.57 38.71)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.