#DB5838#DB5838

#DB5838 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.171 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5838
RGB	rgb(219, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 49.57, 44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 66.29, 41.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1404 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.171 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4205, 22.3296, 6.2908)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5838 #38BBDB

analogous

#DB386A #DB5838 #DBAA38

triadic

#DB5838 #38DB58 #5838DB

tetradic

#DB5838 #6ADB38 #38BBDB #AA38DB

square

#DB5838 #6ADB38 #38BBDB #AA38DB

split-complementary

#DB5838 #38DBAA #386ADB

monochromatic

#812C17 #B53E21 #DB5838 #E4836C #EEAFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DB5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DB5838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5838

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5838	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.171 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c70',
    500: '#db5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5838;
$custom-light: #ee8c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.779,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62548,
    "c": 0.17127,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5838

secondary

#95CDDA

accent

#CAEC3C

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5838

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

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