All About Color Vermilion

#D9381E

A bright, bold red with a hint of orange, historically used as a pigment.

About Vermilion

Vermilion is a medium red color with the hex code #D9381E. In RGB it is red 217, green 56, blue 30; in HSL it is hue 8°, saturation 76%, lightness 48%; in CMYK it is 0%, 74%, 86%, 15%. Its contrast ratio is 4.63:1 on white and 4.53:1 on black.

#D9381E Color Conversion

Hex tripletD9, 38, 1E
CMYK0.00%, 74.19%, 86.18%, 14.90%
RGB Decimal217, 56, 30
HSL8°, 76%, 48%
RGB Octal331, 70, 36
HSV (HSB)8.34°, 86.18%, 85.10%
RGB Binary11011001, 111000, 11110
CIE-L*AB49.10, 60.83, 51.53
RGB Percent85.10%, 21.96%, 11.76%
CIE-L*CH49.10, 79.73, 40.27
XYZ30.26, 17.67, 3.04
CIE-L*UV49.10, 127.47, 34.50
xyY0.59, 0.35, 17.67
Hunter-Lab42.04, 54.93, 25.13
RYB85.10%, 23.61%, 11.76%

Color Accessibility Scores

#D9381E on a dark background: contrast 4.53:1, passes WCAG AA.
#D9381E on a light background: contrast 4.63:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Vermilion, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Vermilion. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#D9381E · #EA7866 · #872212 · #1DBFD7 · #66D9EA

Analogous palette

#D71DBF · #D71D62 · #D9381E · #D7931D · #BFD71D

Triadic palette

#D9381E · #1DD736 · #361DD7 · #EA7866 · #66EA78

Tetradic palette

#D9381E · #62D71D · #1DBFD7 · #931DD7 · #872212

Monochromatic palette

#51140B · #942514 · #D9381E · #E86C59 · #F2A89C

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