#DB9596#DB9596

#DB9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.085 H 18.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9596
RGB	rgb(219, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(359, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 31.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 26.49, 10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 28.39, 21.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0805 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.085 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4673, 38.7599, 33.9349)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9596 #95DBDA

analogous

#DB95B9 #DB9596 #DBB795

triadic

#DB9596 #96DB95 #9596DB

tetradic

#DB9596 #B9DB95 #95DBDA #B795DB

square

#DB9596 #B9DB95 #95DBDA #B795DB

split-complementary

#DB9596 #95DBB7 #95B9DB

monochromatic

#B73E40 #CB6769 #DB9596 #EBC3C3 #F7E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DB9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DB9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9596

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9596	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.085 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b4b4',
    500: '#db9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9596;
$custom-light: #e8b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.143,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73922,
    "c": 0.08482,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9596

secondary

#DDEEEE

accent

#BDBB29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9596

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

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