#DB5438#DB5438

#DB5438 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.175 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5438
RGB	rgb(219, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 51.36, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 67.17, 40.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.146 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.175 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1011, 21.6909, 6.1844)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5438 #38BFDB

analogous

#DB386E #DB5438 #DBA638

triadic

#DB5438 #38DB54 #5438DB

tetradic

#DB5438 #6EDB38 #38BFDB #A638DB

square

#DB5438 #6EDB38 #38BFDB #A638DB

split-complementary

#DB5438 #38DBA6 #386EDB

monochromatic

#812A17 #B53A21 #DB5438 #E4816C #EEADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DB5438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DB5438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5438

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5438	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.175 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8970',
    500: '#db5438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5438;
$custom-light: #ee8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.307,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.17497,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5438

secondary

#95CEDA

accent

#CEEC3C

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5438

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

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