#DB5040#DB5040

#DB5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.177 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5040
RGB	rgb(219, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 53.45, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 65.78, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.154 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.177 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0110, 21.1722, 7.1979)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5040 #40CBDB

analogous

#DB407D #DB5040 #DB9E40

triadic

#DB5040 #40DB50 #5040DB

tetradic

#DB5040 #7DDB40 #40CBDB #9E40DB

square

#DB5040 #7DDB40 #40CBDB #9E40DB

split-complementary

#DB5040 #40DB9E #407DDB

monochromatic

#872519 #BB3323 #DB5040 #E57F73 #EEAEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#DB5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#DB5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5040

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5040	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F02D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.177 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8775',
    500: '#db5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5040;
$custom-light: #ee8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.194,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61644,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5040

secondary

#9BD5DC

accent

#D9EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5040

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

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