#DB5240#DB5240

#DB5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.175 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5240
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 52.59, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 65.30, 36.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.1513 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.175 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1596, 21.4695, 7.2474)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5240 #40C9DB

analogous

#DB407B #DB5240 #DBA040

triadic

#DB5240 #40DB52 #5240DB

tetradic

#DB5240 #7BDB40 #40C9DB #A040DB

square

#DB5240 #7BDB40 #40C9DB #A040DB

split-complementary

#DB5240 #40DBA0 #407BDB

monochromatic

#872619 #BB3523 #DB5240 #E58173 #EEAFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#DB5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#DB5240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5240

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5240	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)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0314F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.175 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8875',
    500: '#db5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5240;
$custom-light: #ee8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.968,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61886,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5240

secondary

#9BD4DC

accent

#D7EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5240

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

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