#DB494D#DB494D

#DB494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.182 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB494D
RGB	rgb(219, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 64.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 57.03, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 64.37, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1678 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.182 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9389, 20.3656, 9.2162)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB494D #49DBD7

analogous

#DB4996 #DB494D #DB8E49

triadic

#DB494D #4DDB49 #494DDB

tetradic

#DB494D #96DB49 #49DBD7 #8E49DB

square

#DB494D #96DB49 #49DBD7 #8E49DB

split-complementary

#DB494D #49DB8E #4996DB

monochromatic

#8E1C1F #C1262A #DB494D #E57C7F #EFAFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#DB494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#DB494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB494D

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB494D	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0244C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.182 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee847f',
    500: '#db494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db494d;
$custom-light: #ee847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.356,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61036,
    "c": 0.18211,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB494D

secondary

#A2DDDC

accent

#EAE53E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB494D

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

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