#DB998E#DB998E

#DB998E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.082 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB998E
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(9, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 35.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 23.32, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 28.13, 33.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0709 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.082 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4887, 39.7985, 30.8719)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB998E #8ED0DB

analogous

#DB8EA9 #DB998E #DBBF8E

triadic

#DB998E #8EDB99 #998EDB

tetradic

#DB998E #A9DB8E #8ED0DB #BF8EDB

square

#DB998E #A9DB8E #8ED0DB #BF8EDB

split-complementary

#DB998E #8EDBBF #8EA9DB

monochromatic

#B54B3A #CC6F60 #DB998E #EAC3BC #F8EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DB998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DB998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB998E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB998E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.082 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7af',
    500: '#db998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db998e;
$custom-light: #e8b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7444,
    "c": 0.08159,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB998E

secondary

#D8EAED

accent

#A9BF26

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB998E

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

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