#DB5155#DB5155

#DB5155 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.173 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5155
RGB	rgb(219, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 54.21, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 60.52, 26.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1604 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.173 22)
XYZ	xyz(33.7988, 21.6053, 10.9830)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5155 #51DBD7

analogous

#DB519A #DB5155 #DB9251

triadic

#DB5155 #55DB51 #5155DB

tetradic

#DB5155 #9ADB51 #51DBD7 #9251DB

square

#DB5155 #9ADB51 #51DBD7 #9251DB

split-complementary

#DB5155 #51DB92 #519ADB

monochromatic

#931E22 #C6292D #DB5155 #E58487 #F0B6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#DB5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#DB5155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5155

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5155	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.173 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8885',
    500: '#db5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5155;
$custom-light: #ed8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62095,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.21601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5155

secondary

#A9DFDE

accent

#E9E43F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5155

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

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