#DB5156#DB5156

#DB5156 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.173 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5156
RGB	rgb(219, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 54.28, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 60.33, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1608 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.173 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8388, 21.6214, 11.1937)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5156 #51DBD6

analogous

#DB519B #DB5156 #DB9151

triadic

#DB5156 #56DB51 #5156DB

tetradic

#DB5156 #9BDB51 #51DBD6 #9151DB

square

#DB5156 #9BDB51 #51DBD6 #9151DB

split-complementary

#DB5156 #51DB91 #519BDB

monochromatic

#931E23 #C6292F #DB5156 #E58487 #F0B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DB5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#DB5156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5156

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5156	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#746E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.173 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8885',
    500: '#db5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5156;
$custom-light: #ed8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62114,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5156

secondary

#A9DFDD

accent

#E9E33F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5156

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

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