#DB5442#DB5442

#DB5442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.173 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5442
RGB	rgb(219, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 51.82, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 64.26, 36.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1493 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.173 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3706, 21.7987, 7.6036)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5442 #42C9DB

analogous

#DB427C #DB5442 #DBA042

triadic

#DB5442 #42DB54 #5442DB

tetradic

#DB5442 #7CDB42 #42C9DB #A042DB

square

#DB5442 #7CDB42 #42C9DB #A042DB

split-complementary

#DB5442 #42DBA0 #427CDB

monochromatic

#89271A #BC3624 #DB5442 #E58375 #EFB1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DB5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DB5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5442

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5442	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.173 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a77',
    500: '#db5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5442;
$custom-light: #ee8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6216,
    "c": 0.17283,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5442

secondary

#9DD5DC

accent

#D6EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5442

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

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