#DB9985#DB9985

#DB9985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.085 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9985
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 39.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 22.25, 20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 30.22, 42.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0673 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.085 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8401, 39.5390, 27.4558)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9985 #85C7DB

analogous

#DB859C #DB9985 #DBC485

triadic

#DB9985 #85DB99 #9985DB

tetradic

#DB9985 #9CDB85 #85C7DB #C485DB

square

#DB9985 #9CDB85 #85C7DB #C485DB

split-complementary

#DB9985 #85DBC4 #859CDB

monochromatic

#B15134 #CD7156 #DB9985 #E9C1B4 #F7E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DB9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9985

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9985	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.085 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a8',
    500: '#db9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9985;
$custom-light: #e8b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.953,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9985

secondary

#D1E5EB

accent

#9DC224

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9985

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

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