#DB5342#DB5342

#DB5342 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.174 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5342
RGB	rgb(219, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 52.25, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 64.50, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1507 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.174 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2935, 21.6445, 7.5779)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5342 #42CADB

analogous

#DB427D #DB5342 #DBA042

triadic

#DB5342 #42DB53 #5342DB

tetradic

#DB5342 #7DDB42 #42CADB #A042DB

square

#DB5342 #7DDB42 #42CADB #A042DB

split-complementary

#DB5342 #42DBA0 #427DDB

monochromatic

#89261A #BC3524 #DB5342 #E58275 #EFB1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DB5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DB5342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5342

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5342	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.174 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8977',
    500: '#db5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5342;
$custom-light: #ee8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62036,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5342

secondary

#9DD5DC

accent

#D8EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5342

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

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