#DB9C8D#DB9C8D

#DB9C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.079 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9C8D
RGB	rgb(219, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(12, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 35.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 21.58, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 27.61, 38.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0657 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.079 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9111, 40.7630, 30.6440)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9C8D #8DCCDB

analogous

#DB8DA5 #DB9C8D #DBC38D

triadic

#DB9C8D #8DDB9C #9C8DDB

tetradic

#DB9C8D #A5DB8D #8DCCDB #C38DDB

square

#DB9C8D #A5DB8D #8DCCDB #C38DDB

split-complementary

#DB9C8D #8DDBC3 #8DA5DB

monochromatic

#B55139 #CC745E #DB9C8D #EAC4BC #F8EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DB9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DB9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9C8D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9C8D	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.079 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b9ae',
    500: '#db9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9c8d;
$custom-light: #e8b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74962,
    "c": 0.07907,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9C8D

secondary

#D7E8EC

accent

#A2BF26

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9C8D

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

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