Is Medium red an official BrickColor?

BrickColor ID 101 uses RGB 218, 134, 122 from the public BrickColor table. HEX #DA867A is a calculated sRGB encoding of that RGB.

BrickColor 101

Medium red

Official RGB 218, 134, 122. HEX, HSL, and OKLCH below are calculated conversions.

Open color page

Medium red (BrickColor 101)

#DA867A

Accessibility

AAA

7.67:1

Vs white / black

2.74:1 · 7.67:1

Sources

Library color

Codes

Formats

HEX

#da867a

RGB

rgb(218, 134, 122)

RGBA

rgba(218, 134, 122, 1)

HSL

hsl(8, 56%, 67%)

HSLA

hsla(8, 56%, 67%, 1)

HSV

hsv(8, 44%, 85%)

LAB

lab(64.45% 30.86 20.14)

LCH

lch(64.45% 36.85 33.13)

OKLAB

oklab(0.7053 0.0926 0.0508)

OKLCH

oklch(0.7053 0.1056 28.75)

XYZ

xyz(40.95, 33.36, 22.69)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 39%, 44%, 15%)

CSS

color: #da867a;

CSS variable

--color-da867a: #da867a;

SCSS

$color-da867a: #da867a;

JavaScript

const color = "#da867a";

TypeScript

const color: string = "#da867a";

React

style={{ backgroundColor: "#da867a" }}

JSON

{ "hex": "#da867a", "rgb": { "r": 218, "g": 134, "b": 122 }, "oklch": "oklch(0.7053 0.1056 28.75)" }

Export

Developer code

css

:root {
  --medium-red-(brickcolor-101)-1: #da867a;
}

Design systems

Nearest official tokens

An arbitrary HEX is not an official Tailwind, Material, or Bootstrap color. Distance is CIEDE2000.

Nearest Tailwind color

red-400

Very different · ΔE 7.53 · #F87171

Nearest CSS named color

LightCoral

Very different · ΔE 5.6 · #F08080

Nearest Material color

red-300

Very different · ΔE 6.05 · #E57373

Nearest Bootstrap color

danger

Very different · ΔE 17.24 · #DC3545

OKLCH

Perceptual 50–950 scale

Generated in OKLCH from this hex. Not an official Tailwind scale unless the hex itself is a Tailwind token.

50ffe6dd 100ffd7ce 200ffc0b6 300f4a79b 400dc877b 500bd6c61 600a05a50 70081463e 80064342e 90048231e 9502f0f0c

Palette

Tints & shades

Full scale from light tints through the base color into deep shades

fcf5f4 f9ebe9 f6e1de f3d7d3 f0cdc8 edc3bd e9b8b1 e6aea6 e3a49b e09a90 dd9085 da867a c87b70 b67066 a4655c 915951 7f4e47 6d433d 5b3833 492d29 37221f 241614 120b0a

Palette

Tints

Mixed toward white — soft backgrounds and highlights

fcf5f4 f9ebe9 f6e1de f3d7d3 f0cdc8 edc3bd e9b8b1 e6aea6 e3a49b e09a90 dd9085

Palette

Shades

Mixed toward black — depth, text, and emphasis

c87b70 b67066 a4655c 915951 7f4e47 6d433d 5b3833 492d29 37221f 241614 120b0a

Palette

Tones

Mixed toward neutral grey — muted UI surfaces

d2867b cb857b c4857c bc847c b5847d ad837d a6837e 9e827e 97827f 8f817f 888180

Harmony

Complementary

Opposite on the color wheel for contrast

#DA867AStop 1 #7CCDDAStop 2

Harmony

Analogous

Neighbors that sit comfortably together

#DA7C9EStop 1 #DA867AStop 2 #DAB77CStop 3

Harmony

Triadic

Evenly spaced triad for vibrant sets

#DA867AStop 1 #7CDA88Stop 2 #887CDAStop 3

Harmony

Split complementary

Base plus two accents beside the complement

#DA867AStop 1 #7CDAB7Stop 2 #7C9EDAStop 3

Harmony

Monochromatic

Same hue, varied lightness and saturation

#501E16Stop 1 #8B3527Stop 2 #C74B38Stop 3 #D88174Stop 4 #E9B7AFStop 5

Using this color

Where #da867a works

Medium red (BrickColor 101) (#da867a) sits in the blue family at about 8° hue, 56% saturation, and 67% lightness. Contrast is 2.74:1 on white and 7.67:1 on black, so near-black labels read more clearly on the swatch itself. Nearest Tailwind token: red-400 (approximation unless the hex is an official scale stop).

Sensible jobs for this swatch

supporting UI accents
text or icons on charcoal / dark mode

Do not use #da867a as small body text on white — 2.74:1 misses WCAG AA (4.5:1). Pair it with a darker shade from the scale below, or check pairs in the contrast checker.

Family context: Trust, calm, and professionalism. The most used color in SaaS, finance, and healthcare. Common uses still include buttons, charts, and accents in the Blue range — always verify the pair for this exact hex in the contrast checker.

Where #da867a works

Sensible jobs for this swatch

supporting UI accents

text or icons on charcoal / dark mode

Do not use #da867a as small body text on white — 2.74:1 misses WCAG AA (4.5:1). Pair it with a darker shade from the scale below, or check pairs in the contrast checker.