#DB5A42#DB5A42

#DB5A42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.167 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5A42
RGB	rgb(219, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 49.11, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 62.83, 38.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1409 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.167 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8564, 22.7703, 7.7655)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5A42 #42C3DB

analogous

#DB4276 #DB5A42 #DBA642

triadic

#DB5A42 #42DB5A #5A42DB

tetradic

#DB5A42 #76DB42 #42C3DB #A642DB

square

#DB5A42 #76DB42 #42C3DB #A642DB

split-complementary

#DB5A42 #42DBA6 #4276DB

monochromatic

#892B1A #BC3C24 #DB5A42 #E58775 #EFB4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DB5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DB5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5A42

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5A42	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.167 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d77',
    500: '#db5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5a42;
$custom-light: #ee8d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62931,
    "c": 0.16698,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5A42

secondary

#9DD2DC

accent

#D0EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5A42

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

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