#DB5837#DB5837

#DB5837 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5837
RGB	rgb(219, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 74.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 49.53, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 66.60, 41.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1401 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.172 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3963, 22.3200, 6.1633)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5837 #37BADB

analogous

#DB3768 #DB5837 #DBAA37

triadic

#DB5837 #37DB58 #5837DB

tetradic

#DB5837 #68DB37 #37BADB #AA37DB

square

#DB5837 #68DB37 #37BADB #AA37DB

split-complementary

#DB5837 #37DBAA #3768DB

monochromatic

#802C17 #B43E20 #DB5837 #E4836B #EEAF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DB5837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DB5837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5837

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5837	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c70',
    500: '#db5837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5837;
$custom-light: #ee8c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.073,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62537,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5837

secondary

#94CCDA

accent

#C9EC3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5837

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

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