#DB6540#DB6540

#DB6540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.157 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB6540
RGB	rgb(219, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 43.79, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 61.04, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.124 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.157 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7959, 24.7420, 7.7928)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB6540 #40B6DB

analogous

#DB4068 #DB6540 #DBB340

triadic

#DB6540 #40DB65 #6540DB

tetradic

#DB6540 #68DB40 #40B6DB #B340DB

square

#DB6540 #68DB40 #40B6DB #B340DB

split-complementary

#DB6540 #40DBB3 #4068DB

monochromatic

#873419 #BB4723 #DB6540 #E58F73 #EEB8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#DB6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#DB6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB6540

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB6540	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.157 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9476',
    500: '#db6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db6540;
$custom-light: #ed9476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.323,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6443,
    "c": 0.15716,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB6540

secondary

#9BCCDC

accent

#C1EB3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB6540

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

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