#DB5940#DB5940

#DB5940 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.168 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5940
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 49.47, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 63.65, 38.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1416 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.168 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7146, 22.5795, 7.4324)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5940 #40C2DB

analogous

#DB4075 #DB5940 #DBA640

triadic

#DB5940 #40DB59 #5940DB

tetradic

#DB5940 #75DB40 #40C2DB #A640DB

square

#DB5940 #75DB40 #40C2DB #A640DB

split-complementary

#DB5940 #40DBA6 #4075DB

monochromatic

#872B19 #BB3C23 #DB5940 #E58673 #EEB3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DB5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DB5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5940

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5940	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.168 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c76',
    500: '#db5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5940;
$custom-light: #ee8c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.677,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62774,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5940

secondary

#9BD1DC

accent

#CFEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5940

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

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