#DB5E42#DB5E42

#DB5E42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.163 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5E42
RGB	rgb(219, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 47.25, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 61.91, 40.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1351 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.163 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2029, 23.4633, 7.8810)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5E42 #42BFDB

analogous

#DB4272 #DB5E42 #DBAA42

triadic

#DB5E42 #42DB5E #5E42DB

tetradic

#DB5E42 #72DB42 #42BFDB #AA42DB

square

#DB5E42 #72DB42 #42BFDB #AA42DB

split-complementary

#DB5E42 #42DBAA #4272DB

monochromatic

#892E1A #BC4024 #DB5E42 #E58A75 #EFB6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DB5E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DB5E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5E42

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5E42	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.163 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8f77',
    500: '#db5e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5e42;
$custom-light: #ed8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.98,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63469,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5E42

secondary

#9DD0DC

accent

#CBEB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5E42

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

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