#DB9989#DB9989

#DB9989 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.083 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9989
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(12, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 37.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 22.72, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 29.20, 38.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0689 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.083 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1217, 39.6517, 28.9390)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9989 #89CBDB

analogous

#DB89A2 #DB9989 #DBC289

triadic

#DB9989 #89DB99 #9989DB

tetradic

#DB9989 #A2DB89 #89CBDB #C289DB

square

#DB9989 #A2DB89 #89CBDB #C289DB

split-complementary

#DB9989 #89DBC2 #89A2DB

monochromatic

#B34F37 #CD705A #DB9989 #E9C2B8 #F8EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DB9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#DB9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9989

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9989	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.083 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7ab',
    500: '#db9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9989;
$custom-light: #e8b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9989

secondary

#D4E7EB

accent

#A2C125

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9989

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

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