#DB5938#DB5938

#DB5938 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.170 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5938
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 49.11, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 66.08, 41.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.139 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.17 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5031, 22.4949, 6.3184)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5938 #38BADB

analogous

#DB3869 #DB5938 #DBAB38

triadic

#DB5938 #38DB59 #5938DB

tetradic

#DB5938 #69DB38 #38BADB #AB38DB

square

#DB5938 #69DB38 #38BADB #AB38DB

split-complementary

#DB5938 #38DBAB #3869DB

monochromatic

#812D17 #B53F21 #DB5938 #E4846C #EEAFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DB5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DB5938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5938

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5938	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.170 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c70',
    500: '#db5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5938;
$custom-light: #ee8c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.147,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62679,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5938

secondary

#95CCDA

accent

#C8EC3C

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5938

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

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