#DB8779#DB8779

#DB8779 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8779
RGB	rgb(219, 135, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(9, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 30.61, 21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 37.21, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0917 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.106 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3308, 33.7720, 22.4273)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8779 #79CDDB

analogous

#DB799C #DB8779 #DBB879

triadic

#DB8779 #79DB87 #8779DB

tetradic

#DB8779 #9CDB79 #79CDDB #B879DB

square

#DB8779 #9CDB79 #79CDDB #B879DB

split-complementary

#DB8779 #79DBB8 #799CDB

monochromatic

#AC402E #CE5C49 #DB8779 #E8B2A9 #F5DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DB8779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#DB8779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8779

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8779	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 135, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ab9f',
    500: '#db8779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8779;
$custom-light: #e9ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70799,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8779

secondary

#C8E3E8

accent

#AEC520

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100E

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8779

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

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