#DB523D#DB523D

#DB523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.176 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB523D
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 72.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 52.45, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 66.15, 37.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.1503 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.176 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0765, 21.4362, 6.8099)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB523D #3DC6DB

analogous

#DB3D77 #DB523D #DBA13D

triadic

#DB523D #3DDB52 #523DDB

tetradic

#DB523D #77DB3D #3DC6DB #A13DDB

square

#DB523D #77DB3D #3DC6DB #A13DDB

split-complementary

#DB523D #3DDBA1 #3D77DB

monochromatic

#852719 #B93622 #DB523D #E58071 #EEAEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#DB523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#DB523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB523D

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB523D	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0304E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.176 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8873',
    500: '#db523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db523d;
$custom-light: #ee8873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.975,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61848,
    "c": 0.17579,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB523D

secondary

#99D2DB

accent

#D4EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB523D

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

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