#DB5440#DB5440

#DB5440 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.173 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5440
RGB	rgb(219, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 51.72, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 64.82, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1486 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.173 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3126, 21.7755, 7.2984)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5440 #40C7DB

analogous

#DB4079 #DB5440 #DBA140

triadic

#DB5440 #40DB54 #5440DB

tetradic

#DB5440 #79DB40 #40C7DB #A140DB

square

#DB5440 #79DB40 #40C7DB #A140DB

split-complementary

#DB5440 #40DBA1 #4079DB

monochromatic

#872819 #BB3723 #DB5440 #E58273 #EEB0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DB5440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DB5440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5440

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5440	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.173 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a76',
    500: '#db5440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5440;
$custom-light: #ee8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62134,
    "c": 0.17324,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5440

secondary

#9BD3DC

accent

#D5EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5440

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

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