#DB5151#DB5151

#DB5151 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.173 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5151
RGB	rgb(219, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 53.96, 29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 61.33, 28.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.1589 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.173 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6443, 21.5436, 10.1697)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5151 #51DBDB

analogous

#DB5196 #DB5151 #DB9651

triadic

#DB5151 #51DB51 #5151DB

tetradic

#DB5151 #96DB51 #51DBDB #9651DB

square

#DB5151 #96DB51 #51DBDB #9651DB

split-complementary

#DB5151 #51DB96 #5196DB

monochromatic

#931E1E #C62929 #DB5151 #E58484 #F0B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DB5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#DB5151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5151

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5151	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.173 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8882',
    500: '#db5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5151;
$custom-light: #ed8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62024,
    "c": 0.17341,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5151

secondary

#A9DFDF

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5151

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

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