#DB5159#DB5159

#DB5159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.173 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5159
RGB	rgb(219, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 54.48, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 59.80, 24.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1619 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.173 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9622, 21.6707, 11.8437)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5159 #51DBD3

analogous

#DB519E #DB5159 #DB8E51

triadic

#DB5159 #59DB51 #5159DB

tetradic

#DB5159 #9EDB51 #51DBD3 #8E51DB

square

#DB5159 #9EDB51 #51DBD3 #8E51DB

split-complementary

#DB5159 #51DB8E #519EDB

monochromatic

#931E25 #C62932 #DB5159 #E58489 #F0B6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DB5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DB5159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5159

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5159	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.173 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8887',
    500: '#db5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5159;
$custom-light: #ed8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5159

secondary

#A9DFDC

accent

#E9DF3F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5159

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

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