#DB9987#DB9987

#DB9987 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.084 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9987
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 38.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 22.48, 19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 29.69, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0681 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.084 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9795, 39.5948, 28.1905)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9987 #87C9DB

analogous

#DB879F #DB9987 #DBC387

triadic

#DB9987 #87DB99 #9987DB

tetradic

#DB9987 #9FDB87 #87C9DB #C387DB

square

#DB9987 #9FDB87 #87C9DB #C387DB

split-complementary

#DB9987 #87DBC3 #879FDB

monochromatic

#B25035 #CD7158 #DB9987 #E9C1B6 #F7E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DB9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DB9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9987

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9987	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.084 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7aa',
    500: '#db9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9987;
$custom-light: #e8b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74279,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9987

secondary

#D3E6EB

accent

#A0C124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9987

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →