#DB4842#DB4842

#DB4842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.184 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB4842
RGB	rgb(219, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 56.85, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 67.19, 32.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1651 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.184 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5177, 20.0929, 7.3193)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB4842 #42D5DB

analogous

#DB4288 #DB4842 #DB9442

triadic

#DB4842 #42DB48 #4842DB

tetradic

#DB4842 #88DB42 #42D5DB #9442DB

square

#DB4842 #88DB42 #42D5DB #9442DB

split-complementary

#DB4842 #42DB94 #4288DB

monochromatic

#891E1A #BC2A24 #DB4842 #E57A75 #EFACA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#DB4842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#DB4842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB4842

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB4842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB4842	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F01E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db4842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.184 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8377',
    500: '#db4842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db4842;
$custom-light: #ee8377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db4842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60755,
    "c": 0.18445,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB4842

secondary

#9DDADC

accent

#E4EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB4842

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

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