#DB6959#DB6959

#DB6959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.146 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB6959
RGB	rgb(219, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 43.33, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 52.79, 34.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.127 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.146 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0712, 25.8887, 12.5467)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB6959 #59CBDB

analogous

#DB598A #DB6959 #DBAA59

triadic

#DB6959 #59DB69 #6959DB

tetradic

#DB6959 #8ADB59 #59CBDB #AA59DB

square

#DB6959 #8ADB59 #59CBDB #AA59DB

split-complementary

#DB6959 #59DBAA #598ADB

monochromatic

#993021 #CB402C #DB6959 #E6968B #F1C4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#DB6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#DB6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB6959

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB6959	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF5565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.146 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9788',
    500: '#db6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db6959;
$custom-light: #ec9788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB6959

secondary

#AFDBE1

accent

#B6CC19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB6959

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

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