#DB4742#DB4742

#DB4742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.185 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB4742
RGB	rgb(219, 71, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 57.24, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 67.44, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.1663 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.185 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4535, 19.9646, 7.2979)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB4742 #42D6DB

analogous

#DB4289 #DB4742 #DB9342

triadic

#DB4742 #42DB47 #4742DB

tetradic

#DB4742 #89DB42 #42D6DB #9342DB

square

#DB4742 #89DB42 #42D6DB #9342DB

split-complementary

#DB4742 #42DB93 #4289DB

monochromatic

#891E1A #BC2924 #DB4742 #E57975 #EFABA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#DB4742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#DB4742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB4742

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB4742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB4742	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F01B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db4742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 71, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.185 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8277',
    500: '#db4742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db4742;
$custom-light: #ee8277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db4742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.961,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60647,
    "c": 0.1854,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB4742

secondary

#9DDADC

accent

#E5EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB4742

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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