#DB4951#DB4951

#DB4951 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.182 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB4951
RGB	rgb(219, 73, 81)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 57.27, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 63.57, 25.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.1694 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.182 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0845, 20.4239, 9.9831)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB4951 #49DBD3

analogous

#DB499A #DB4951 #DB8A49

triadic

#DB4951 #51DB49 #4951DB

tetradic

#DB4951 #9ADB49 #49DBD3 #8A49DB

square

#DB4951 #9ADB49 #49DBD3 #8A49DB

split-complementary

#DB4951 #49DB8A #499ADB

monochromatic

#8E1C22 #C1262F #DB4951 #E57C82 #EFAFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#DB4951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#DB4951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB4951

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB4951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB4951	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95884D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0254D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db4951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 73, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.182 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8481',
    500: '#db4951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db4951;
$custom-light: #ed8481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db4951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.712,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61105,
    "c": 0.18176,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB4951

secondary

#A2DDDA

accent

#EAE03E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB4951

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

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