#DB8993#DB8993

#DB8993 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 12.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8993
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 147)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(353, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 32.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 32.53, 7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 33.49, 13.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0987 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.101 12)
XYZ	xyz(43.4271, 35.0612, 32.0783)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8993 #89DBD1

analogous

#DB89BC #DB8993 #DBA889

triadic

#DB8993 #93DB89 #8993DB

tetradic

#DB8993 #BCDB89 #89DBD1 #A889DB

square

#DB8993 #BCDB89 #89DBD1 #A889DB

split-complementary

#DB8993 #89DBA8 #89BCDB

monochromatic

#B33746 #CD5A68 #DB8993 #E9B8BE #F8E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DB8993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#DB8993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8993

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8993	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8acb2',
    500: '#db8993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8993;
$custom-light: #e8acb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.683,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71764,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.35058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8993

secondary

#D4EBE9

accent

#C1AE25

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F5

border

#D5CECF

text

#161011

muted

#847F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8993

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

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