#DB8974#DB8974

#DB8974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8974
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 47%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 29.04, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 37.95, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0865 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.106 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3138, 34.2159, 20.9481)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8974 #74C6DB

analogous

#DB7492 #DB8974 #DBBC74

triadic

#DB8974 #74DB89 #8974DB

tetradic

#DB8974 #92DB74 #74C6DB #BC74DB

square

#DB8974 #92DB74 #74C6DB #BC74DB

split-complementary

#DB8974 #74DBBC #7492DB

monochromatic

#A9452C #CE6043 #DB8974 #E8B2A5 #F4DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DB8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#DB8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8974

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8974	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC7C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ac9c',
    500: '#db8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8974;
$custom-light: #e9ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.233,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8974

secondary

#C4E0E7

accent

#A4C61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100E

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8974

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

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