#DB6242#DB6242

#DB6242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.159 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB6242
RGB	rgb(219, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 45.35, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 61.03, 42.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1292 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.159 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5678, 24.1932, 8.0026)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB6242 #42BBDB

analogous

#DB426E #DB6242 #DBAE42

triadic

#DB6242 #42DB62 #6242DB

tetradic

#DB6242 #6EDB42 #42BBDB #AE42DB

square

#DB6242 #6EDB42 #42BBDB #AE42DB

split-complementary

#DB6242 #42DBAE #426EDB

monochromatic

#89311A #BC4424 #DB6242 #E58D75 #EFB7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DB6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DB6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB6242

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB6242	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0495B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.159 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9277',
    500: '#db6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db6242;
$custom-light: #ed9277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.549,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64026,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB6242

secondary

#9DCFDC

accent

#C6EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB6242

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

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