#DB5C42#DB5C42

#DB5C42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.165 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5C42
RGB	rgb(219, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 48.19, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 62.37, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.138 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.165 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0273, 23.1122, 7.8225)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5C42 #42C1DB

analogous

#DB4274 #DB5C42 #DBA842

triadic

#DB5C42 #42DB5C #5C42DB

tetradic

#DB5C42 #74DB42 #42C1DB #A842DB

square

#DB5C42 #74DB42 #42C1DB #A842DB

split-complementary

#DB5C42 #42DBA8 #4274DB

monochromatic

#892D1A #BC3E24 #DB5C42 #E58875 #EFB5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DB5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DB5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5C42

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5C42	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)

#7E733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.165 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8e77',
    500: '#db5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5c42;
$custom-light: #ed8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.196,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63198,
    "c": 0.16504,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5C42

secondary

#9DD1DC

accent

#CDEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5C42

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

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