#DB6042#DB6042

#DB6042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.161 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB6042
RGB	rgb(219, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 46.30, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 61.47, 41.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.1321 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.161 35)
XYZ	xyz(34.3830, 23.8236, 7.9410)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB6042 #42BDDB

analogous

#DB4270 #DB6042 #DBAD42

triadic

#DB6042 #42DB60 #6042DB

tetradic

#DB6042 #70DB42 #42BDDB #AD42DB

square

#DB6042 #70DB42 #42BDDB #AD42DB

split-complementary

#DB6042 #42DBAD #4270DB

monochromatic

#89301A #BC4224 #DB6042 #E58B75 #EFB6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DB6042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#DB6042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB6042

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB6042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB6042	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db6042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.161 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9177',
    500: '#db6042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db6042;
$custom-light: #ed9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db6042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63745,
    "c": 0.16122,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.23819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB6042

secondary

#9DD0DC

accent

#C9EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB6042

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

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