#DB5942#DB5942

#DB5942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.168 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5942
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 49.57, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 63.07, 38.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.1423 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.168 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7726, 22.6027, 7.7376)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5942 #42C4DB

analogous

#DB4277 #DB5942 #DBA642

triadic

#DB5942 #42DB59 #5942DB

tetradic

#DB5942 #77DB42 #42C4DB #A642DB

square

#DB5942 #77DB42 #42C4DB #A642DB

split-complementary

#DB5942 #42DBA6 #4277DB

monochromatic

#892B1A #BC3B24 #DB5942 #E58675 #EFB3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DB5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DB5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5942

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5942	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.168 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c77',
    500: '#db5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5942;
$custom-light: #ee8c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.02,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.628,
    "c": 0.16795,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5942

secondary

#9DD3DC

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5942

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

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