#DB5735#DB5735

#DB5735 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5735
RGB	rgb(219, 87, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 75.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 49.90, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 67.43, 42.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1409 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.173 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2678, 22.1381, 5.8888)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5735 #35B9DB

analogous

#DB3566 #DB5735 #DBAA35

triadic

#DB5735 #35DB57 #5735DB

tetradic

#DB5735 #66DB35 #35B9DB #AA35DB

square

#DB5735 #66DB35 #35B9DB #AA35DB

split-complementary

#DB5735 #35DBAA #3566DB

monochromatic

#7F2C17 #B33E20 #DB5735 #E48269 #EEAD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DB5735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DB5735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5735

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5735	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 87, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b6e',
    500: '#db5735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5735;
$custom-light: #ee8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.289,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62386,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5735

secondary

#92CBDA

accent

#C8ED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5735

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

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