#DB978D#DB978D

#DB978D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.084 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB978D
RGB	rgb(219, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(8, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 35.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 24.28, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 28.85, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0737 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.084 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0893, 39.1194, 30.3701)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB978D #8DD1DB

analogous

#DB8DAA #DB978D #DBBE8D

triadic

#DB978D #8DDB97 #978DDB

tetradic

#DB978D #AADB8D #8DD1DB #BE8DDB

square

#DB978D #AADB8D #8DD1DB #BE8DDB

split-complementary

#DB978D #8DDBBE #8DAADB

monochromatic

#B54939 #CC6D5E #DB978D #EAC1BC #F8EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DB978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DB978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB978D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB978D	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.084 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b6ae',
    500: '#db978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db978d;
$custom-light: #e8b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.08391,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB978D

secondary

#D7EAEC

accent

#ACBF26

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB978D

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

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