#DB4950#DB4950

#DB4950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.182 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB4950
RGB	rgb(219, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 57.21, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 63.76, 26.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.169 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.182 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0473, 20.4090, 9.7870)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB4950 #49DBD4

analogous

#DB4999 #DB4950 #DB8B49

triadic

#DB4950 #50DB49 #4950DB

tetradic

#DB4950 #99DB49 #49DBD4 #8B49DB

square

#DB4950 #99DB49 #49DBD4 #8B49DB

split-complementary

#DB4950 #49DB8B #4999DB

monochromatic

#8E1C21 #C1262E #DB4950 #E57C81 #EFAFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#DB4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#DB4950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB4950

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB4950	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95884C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0254D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.182 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8481',
    500: '#db4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db4950;
$custom-light: #ed8481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.123,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61088,
    "c": 0.18184,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB4950

secondary

#A2DDDB

accent

#EAE23E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB4950

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

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