#DB5738#DB5738

#DB5738 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.172 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5738
RGB	rgb(219, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 50.02, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 66.51, 41.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.1418 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.172 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3389, 22.1666, 6.2637)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5738 #38BCDB

analogous

#DB386B #DB5738 #DBA938

triadic

#DB5738 #38DB57 #5738DB

tetradic

#DB5738 #6BDB38 #38BCDB #A938DB

square

#DB5738 #6BDB38 #38BCDB #A938DB

split-complementary

#DB5738 #38DBA9 #386BDB

monochromatic

#812C17 #B53D21 #DB5738 #E4836C #EEAFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DB5738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DB5738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5738

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5738	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)

#7C6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.172 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b70',
    500: '#db5738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5738;
$custom-light: #ee8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.411,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62418,
    "c": 0.17219,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5738

secondary

#95CDDA

accent

#CBEC3C

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5738

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

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