#DB9986#DB9986

#DB9986 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.084 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9986
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 38.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 22.37, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 29.95, 41.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0677 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.084 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9095, 39.5668, 27.8214)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9986 #86C8DB

analogous

#DB869E #DB9986 #DBC486

triadic

#DB9986 #86DB99 #9986DB

tetradic

#DB9986 #9EDB86 #86C8DB #C486DB

square

#DB9986 #9EDB86 #86C8DB #C486DB

split-complementary

#DB9986 #86DBC4 #869EDB

monochromatic

#B25135 #CD7157 #DB9986 #E9C1B5 #F7E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DB9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9986

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9986	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)

#A9A185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.084 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a9',
    500: '#db9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9986;
$custom-light: #e8b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.412,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74257,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9986

secondary

#D2E5EB

accent

#9EC224

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9986

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

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