#DB5840#DB5840

#DB5840 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.169 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5840
RGB	rgb(219, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 49.93, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 63.88, 38.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.143 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.169 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6320, 22.4143, 7.4049)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5840 #40C3DB

analogous

#DB4076 #DB5840 #DBA540

triadic

#DB5840 #40DB58 #5840DB

tetradic

#DB5840 #76DB40 #40C3DB #A540DB

square

#DB5840 #76DB40 #40C3DB #A540DB

split-complementary

#DB5840 #40DBA5 #4076DB

monochromatic

#872A19 #BB3B23 #DB5840 #E58573 #EEB2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DB5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DB5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5840

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5840	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.169 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c76',
    500: '#db5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5840;
$custom-light: #ee8c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.29,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62643,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5840

secondary

#9BD2DC

accent

#D0EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5840

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

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