HEX atlas value

#DBB3B3

#DBB3B3 is a warm red HEX color nearest Mica. RGB 219, 179, 179, HSL 0° 36% 78%, luminance 0.5055; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#DBB3B3 Sample readable text

HEX #DBB3B3

RGB rgb(219, 179, 179)

HSL hsl(0 36% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 18, 18, 14)

Luminance 0.5055

Contrast Black 11.11:1White 1.89:1

CSS

--color-dbb3b3: #DBB3B3;
.background-dbb3b3 { background-color: #DBB3B3; }
.text-dbb3b3 { color: #DBB3B3; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DBB3B3

#DBB3B3 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #DBB3B3 is visually closest to Mica, a named orange color with HEX #D8C7B0.

The RGB channels are 219, 179, and 179, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 36% saturation and 78% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.5055, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.45, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.11:1AA Pass

White text1.89:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DBB3B3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.11:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.89:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F8F1F1#F8F1F1 · #000000 text · best 18.84:1 #B3DBDB#B3DBDB · #000000 text · best 14.07:1 Desert Sand#EDC9AF · #000000 text · best 13.57:1 Oat#D8CAB8 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 #DBC7B3#DBC7B3 · #000000 text · best 12.83:1

Generated Palette

#DBB3B3#DBB3B3

#B3DBDB#B3DBDB

#DBB3C7#DBB3C7

#DBC7B3#DBC7B3

#F8F1F1#F8F1F1

#BE7474#BE7474

Color Harmonies

#B3DBDB#B3DBDB

#DBB3C7#DBB3C7

#DBC7B3#DBC7B3

#B3DBB3#B3DBB3

#B3B3DB#B3B3DB

Variants

#F8F1F1#F8F1F1

#BE7474#BE7474

#E7A6A6#E7A6A6

#CFBFBF#CFBFBF

White#FFFFFF

#FFB8B8#FFB8B8

Nearest Named Colors

Mica#D8C7B0

Travertine#D6C1A3

Oat#D8CAB8

Lotus Pink#F4A7B9

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Luminance0.5055

Black text11.11:1AA Pass

White text1.89:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DBB3B3","rgb":[219,179,179],"hsl":[0,36,78],"cmyk":[0,18,18,14],"luminance":0.5055,"contrast":{"black":11.11,"white":1.89}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.11,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.89,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F8F1F1","hex":"#F8F1F1","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.84,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B3DBDB","hex":"#B3DBDB","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.07,"contrastWhite":1.49,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.57,"contrastWhite":1.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.06,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#DBC7B3","hex":"#DBC7B3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.83,"contrastWhite":1.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Mica adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dbb3b3.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mica.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/travertine.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B3DBDB","analogous":["#DBB3C7","#DBC7B3"],"triadic":["#B3DBB3","#B3B3DB"],"tetradic":["#C7DBB3","#B3DBDB","#C7B3DB"],"splitComplementary":["#B3DBC7","#B3C7DB"],"monochromatic":["#F8F1F1","#DBB3B3","#BE7474"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8F1F1","dark":"#BE7474","saturated":"#E7A6A6","desaturated":"#CFBFBF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFB8B8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":20.445048300260872},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":21.840329667841555},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":23.727621035409346},{"slug":"lotus-pink","name":"Lotus Pink","hex":"#F4A7B9","distance":28.372521918222215},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":28.705400188814647}]

#DBB3B3

CSS

About #DBB3B3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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