#DB5C40#DB5C40

#DB5C40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.166 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5C40
RGB	rgb(219, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 48.09, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 62.97, 40.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1373 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.166 34)
XYZ	xyz(33.9694, 23.0891, 7.5174)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5C40 #40BFDB

analogous

#DB4071 #DB5C40 #DBAA40

triadic

#DB5C40 #40DB5C #5C40DB

tetradic

#DB5C40 #71DB40 #40BFDB #AA40DB

square

#DB5C40 #71DB40 #40BFDB #AA40DB

split-complementary

#DB5C40 #40DBAA #4071DB

monochromatic

#872D19 #BB3F23 #DB5C40 #E58873 #EEB4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DB5C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DB5C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5C40

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5C40	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E733D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.166 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e76',
    500: '#db5c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5c40;
$custom-light: #ee8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.839,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63172,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.23085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5C40

secondary

#9BD0DC

accent

#CCEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5C40

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

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