HEX atlas value

#D2042D

#D2042D is a warm red HEX color nearest Cherry Red. RGB 210, 4, 45, HSL 348° 96% 42%, luminance 0.1398; view contrast and conversions.

red warm vibrant

#D2042D Sample readable text

HEX #D2042D

RGB rgb(210, 4, 45)

HSL hsl(348 96% 42%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 98, 79, 18)

Luminance 0.1398

Contrast Black 3.8:1White 5.53:1

CSS

--color-d2042d: #D2042D;
.background-d2042d { background-color: #D2042D; }
.text-d2042d { color: #D2042D; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D2042D

#D2042D is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #D2042D is visually closest to Cherry Red, a named red color with HEX #D2042D.

The RGB channels are 210, 4, and 45, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 348deg with 96% saturation and 42% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.1398, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.8:1AA Fail

White text5.53:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D2042D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.8:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.53:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#78021A#78021A · #FFFFFF text · best 11.53:1 #04D2A9#04D2A9 · #000000 text · best 10.8:1 Tool Red#B11226 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.04:1 #BA1C3C#BA1C3C · #FFFFFF text · best 6.33:1 Venetian Red#C80815 · #FFFFFF text · best 6:1

Generated Palette

Cherry Red#D2042D

#04D2A9#04D2A9

#D20494#D20494

#D24204#D24204

#FB375E#FB375E

#78021A#78021A

Color Harmonies

#04D2A9#04D2A9

#D20494#D20494

#D24204#D24204

#2DD204#2DD204

#042DD2#042DD2

Variants

#FB375E#FB375E

#78021A#78021A

#D6002B#D6002B

#BA1C3C#BA1C3C

#EF6782#EF6782

#FF0033#FF0033

Nearest Named Colors

Cherry Red#D2042D

Cadmium Red#E30022

Crimson#DC143C

Venetian Red#C80815

Tool Red#B11226

Luminance0.1398

Black text3.8:1AA Fail

White text5.53:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#D2042D","rgb":[210,4,45],"hsl":[348,96,42],"cmyk":[0,98,79,18],"luminance":0.1398,"contrast":{"black":3.8,"white":5.53}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.8,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.53,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#78021A","hex":"#78021A","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.82,"contrastWhite":11.53,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#04D2A9","hex":"#04D2A9","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.8,"contrastWhite":1.95,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Tool Red","hex":"#B11226","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.98,"contrastWhite":7.04,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#BA1C3C","hex":"#BA1C3C","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.32,"contrastWhite":6.33,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"Venetian Red","hex":"#C80815","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.5,"contrastWhite":6,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Cherry Red adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d2042d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cherry-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cadmium-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/crimson.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#04D2A9","analogous":["#D20494","#D24204"],"triadic":["#2DD204","#042DD2"],"tetradic":["#94D204","#04D2A9","#4204D2"],"splitComplementary":["#04D242","#0494D2"],"monochromatic":["#FB375E","#D2042D","#78021A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FB375E","dark":"#78021A","saturated":"#D6002B","desaturated":"#BA1C3C","pastel":"#EF6782","neon":"#FF0033"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"cherry-red","name":"Cherry Red","hex":"#D2042D","distance":0},{"slug":"cadmium-red","name":"Cadmium Red","hex":"#E30022","distance":20.639767440550294},{"slug":"crimson","name":"Crimson","hex":"#DC143C","distance":24.1039415863879},{"slug":"venetian-red","name":"Venetian Red","hex":"#C80815","distance":26.30589287593181},{"slug":"tool-red","name":"Tool Red","hex":"#B11226","distance":36.52396473549935}]

#D2042D

CSS

About #D2042D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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