#DB978E#DB978E

#DB978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.084 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB978E
RGB	rgb(219, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(7, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 35.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 24.40, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 28.68, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0741 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.084 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1641, 39.1493, 30.7637)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB978E #8ED2DB

analogous

#DB8EAB #DB978E #DBBD8E

triadic

#DB978E #8EDB97 #978EDB

tetradic

#DB978E #ABDB8E #8ED2DB #BD8EDB

square

#DB978E #ABDB8E #8ED2DB #BD8EDB

split-complementary

#DB978E #8EDBBD #8EABDB

monochromatic

#B5483A #CC6C60 #DB978E #EAC2BC #F8EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DB978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#DB978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB978E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB978E	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.084 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b6af',
    500: '#db978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db978e;
$custom-light: #e8b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.013,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB978E

secondary

#D8EAED

accent

#ADBF26

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB978E

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

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