#DB4942#DB4942

#DB4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.184 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB4942
RGB	rgb(219, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 56.45, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 66.95, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1638 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.184 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5828, 20.2232, 7.3410)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB4942 #42D4DB

analogous

#DB4287 #DB4942 #DB9542

triadic

#DB4942 #42DB49 #4942DB

tetradic

#DB4942 #87DB42 #42D4DB #9542DB

square

#DB4942 #87DB42 #42D4DB #9542DB

split-complementary

#DB4942 #42DB95 #4287DB

monochromatic

#891F1A #BC2B24 #DB4942 #E57B75 #EFACA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#DB4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#DB4942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB4942

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB4942	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F02049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.184 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8477',
    500: '#db4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db4942;
$custom-light: #ee8477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.745,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.18351,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB4942

secondary

#9DD9DC

accent

#E3EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB4942

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

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