#DB998C#DB998C

#DB998C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.082 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB998C
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(10, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 36.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 23.08, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 28.53, 36.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0701 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.082 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3399, 39.7390, 30.0882)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB998C #8CCEDB

analogous

#DB8CA7 #DB998C #DBC08C

triadic

#DB998C #8CDB99 #998CDB

tetradic

#DB998C #A7DB8C #8CCEDB #C08CDB

square

#DB998C #A7DB8C #8CCEDB #C08CDB

split-complementary

#DB998C #8CDBC0 #8CA7DB

monochromatic

#B44D38 #CC705D #DB998C #EAC2BB #F8EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DB998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DB998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB998C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB998C	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.082 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7ad',
    500: '#db998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db998c;
$custom-light: #e8b7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.873,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74393,
    "c": 0.08221,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB998C

secondary

#D7E9EC

accent

#A6C026

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB998C

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

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