#DB8480#DB8480

#DB8480 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8480
RGB	rgb(219, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(3, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 41.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 32.95, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 36.86, 26.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0994 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.108 23)
XYZ	xyz(41.3631, 33.1246, 24.6331)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8480 #80D7DB

analogous

#DB80A9 #DB8480 #DBB180

triadic

#DB8480 #80DB84 #8480DB

tetradic

#DB8480 #A9DB80 #80D7DB #B180DB

square

#DB8480 #A9DB80 #80D7DB #B180DB

split-complementary

#DB8480 #80DBB1 #80A9DB

monochromatic

#AF3732 #CD5650 #DB8480 #E9B2B0 #F6E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#DB8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#DB8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8480

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8480	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB7983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9a9a4',
    500: '#db8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8480;
$custom-light: #e9a9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.637,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.33121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8480

secondary

#CDE8E9

accent

#BCC322

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8480

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

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