#DB523E#DB523E

#DB523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.176 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB523E
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 71.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 52.50, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 65.86, 37.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1506 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.176 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1037, 21.4471, 6.9531)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB523E #3EC7DB

analogous

#DB3E79 #DB523E #DBA03E

triadic

#DB523E #3EDB52 #523EDB

tetradic

#DB523E #79DB3E #3EC7DB #A03EDB

square

#DB523E #79DB3E #3EC7DB #A03EDB

split-complementary

#DB523E #3EDBA0 #3E79DB

monochromatic

#862719 #B93623 #DB523E #E58072 #EEAEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#DB523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#DB523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB523E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB523E	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)

#786D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0304E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.176 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8874',
    500: '#db523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db523e;
$custom-light: #ee8874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.643,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6186,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB523E

secondary

#99D3DB

accent

#D5EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB523E

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

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