#DB8972#DB8972

#DB8972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8972
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 28.84, 25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 38.49, 41.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0857 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.107 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1987, 34.1698, 20.3420)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8972 #72C4DB

analogous

#DB728F #DB8972 #DBBE72

triadic

#DB8972 #72DB89 #8972DB

tetradic

#DB8972 #8FDB72 #72C4DB #BE72DB

square

#DB8972 #8FDB72 #72C4DB #BE72DB

split-complementary

#DB8972 #72DBBE #728FDB

monochromatic

#A8462B #CF6041 #DB8972 #E7B2A3 #F4DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DB8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#DB8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8972

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8972	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ac9a',
    500: '#db8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8972;
$custom-light: #e9ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70998,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8972

secondary

#C3DEE6

accent

#A2C71F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8972

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

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