#DB7979#DB7979

#DB7979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB7979
RGB	rgb(219, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 37.98, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 41.62, 24.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.1143 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.122 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5043, 30.1191, 21.8185)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB7979 #79DBDB

analogous

#DB79AA #DB7979 #DBAA79

triadic

#DB7979 #79DB79 #7979DB

tetradic

#DB7979 #AADB79 #79DBDB #AA79DB

square

#DB7979 #AADB79 #79DBDB #AA79DB

split-complementary

#DB7979 #79DBAA #79AADB

monochromatic

#AC2E2E #CE4949 #DB7979 #E8A9A9 #F5D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#DB7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#DB7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB7979

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB7979	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC6C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa19f',
    500: '#db7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db7979;
$custom-light: #eaa19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68485,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB7979

secondary

#C8E8E8

accent

#C5C520

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF3F2

border

#D5CDCC

text

#170F0E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB7979

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

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