#DB5F42#DB5F42

#DB5F42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.162 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5F42
RGB	rgb(219, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 46.78, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 61.69, 40.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1336 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.162 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2924, 23.6423, 7.9108)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5F42 #42BEDB

analogous

#DB4271 #DB5F42 #DBAC42

triadic

#DB5F42 #42DB5F #5F42DB

tetradic

#DB5F42 #71DB42 #42BEDB #AC42DB

square

#DB5F42 #71DB42 #42BEDB #AC42DB

split-complementary

#DB5F42 #42DBAC #4271DB

monochromatic

#892F1A #BC4124 #DB5F42 #E58B75 #EFB6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DB5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#DB5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5F42

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5F42	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80753F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.162 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9077',
    500: '#db5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5f42;
$custom-light: #ed9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.373,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63607,
    "c": 0.16216,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5F42

secondary

#9DD0DC

accent

#CAEB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5F42

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

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