#DB5250#DB5250

#DB5250 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.172 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5250
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 53.46, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 61.26, 29.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1571 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.172 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6820, 21.6784, 9.9986)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5250 #50D9DB

analogous

#DB5093 #DB5250 #DB9750

triadic

#DB5250 #50DB52 #5250DB

tetradic

#DB5250 #93DB50 #50D9DB #9750DB

square

#DB5250 #93DB50 #50D9DB #9750DB

split-complementary

#DB5250 #50DB97 #5093DB

monochromatic

#92201E #C52B29 #DB5250 #E58483 #F0B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DB5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DB5250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5250

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5250	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)

#766E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.172 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8981',
    500: '#db5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5250;
$custom-light: #ed8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62127,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5250

secondary

#A8DEDF

accent

#E6E93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5250

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

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