#DB8985#DB8985

#DB8985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8985
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(3, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 39.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 30.85, 15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 34.47, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0932 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.101 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3946, 34.6482, 26.6407)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8985 #85D7DB

analogous

#DB85AC #DB8985 #DBB485

triadic

#DB8985 #85DB89 #8985DB

tetradic

#DB8985 #ACDB85 #85D7DB #B485DB

square

#DB8985 #ACDB85 #85D7DB #B485DB

split-complementary

#DB8985 #85DBB4 #85ACDB

monochromatic

#B13A34 #CD5B56 #DB8985 #E9B7B4 #F7E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DB8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#DB8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8985

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8985	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB7F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aca8',
    500: '#db8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8985;
$custom-light: #e9aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71411,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8985

secondary

#D1E9EB

accent

#BBC224

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#16100F

muted

#847F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8985

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

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