#DB493C#DB493C

#DB493C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.184 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB493C
RGB	rgb(219, 73, 60)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 72.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 56.17, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 68.54, 34.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.1617 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.184 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4151, 20.1561, 6.4578)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB493C #3CCEDB

analogous

#DB3C7E #DB493C #DB993C

triadic

#DB493C #3CDB49 #493CDB

tetradic

#DB493C #7EDB3C #3CCEDB #993CDB

square

#DB493C #7EDB3C #3CCEDB #993CDB

split-complementary

#DB493C #3CDB99 #3C7EDB

monochromatic

#842118 #B82E22 #DB493C #E57970 #EEA9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#DB493C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#DB493C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB493C

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB493C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB493C	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F11E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db493c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 73, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.184 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8372',
    500: '#db493c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db493c;
$custom-light: #ef8372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db493c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.906,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60784,
    "c": 0.18446,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB493C

secondary

#98D5DB

accent

#DDEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB493C

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

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