HEX Color #DB506D (Indianred)

About #DB506D

The precise color #DB506D is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Indianred. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 219, 80, and 109.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 63% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 347.5° hue, 65.9% saturation, and 58.6% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DB506D

RGB219, 80, 109

HSL347.5°, 65.9%, 58.6%

CMYK0%, 63%, 50%, 14%

HSV347.5°, 63.5%, 85.9%

LAB53.9, 56.5, 13.2

XYZ34.8, 21.9, 16.9

Decimal14372973

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#DB506D #4FDBBE

Analogous

#DB4FB2 #DB784F

Triadic

#6CDB4F #4F6CDB

Tetradic

#B2DB4F #4FDBBE #784FDB

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#DB506D

#DF637D

#E3768D

#E78A9D

#EB9DAD

#EFB1BE

#F3C4CE

#F7D8DE

#FBEBEE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#DB506D

#C24760

#AA3E54

#923548

#792C3C

#612330

#491A24

#301118

#18080C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.90:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.38:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.73:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.57:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DB506D; }

.text-color { color: #DB506D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #DB506D; }

Similar Colors

Indianred

#CD5C5C