#DB9980#DB9980

#DB9980 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.087 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9980
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 41.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 21.69, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 31.66, 46.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0653 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.087 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5028, 39.4041, 25.6797)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9980 #80C2DB

analogous

#DB8094 #DB9980 #DBC780

triadic

#DB9980 #80DB99 #9980DB

tetradic

#DB9980 #94DB80 #80C2DB #C780DB

square

#DB9980 #94DB80 #80C2DB #C780DB

split-complementary

#DB9980 #80DBC7 #8094DB

monochromatic

#AF5432 #CD7350 #DB9980 #E9BFB0 #F6E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB9980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DB9980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9980

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9980	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.087 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a5',
    500: '#db9980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9980;
$custom-light: #e8b7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.484,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74129,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9980

secondary

#CDE2E9

accent

#97C322

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9980

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

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