#DB5251#DB5251

#DB5251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.172 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5251
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 53.52, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 61.05, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1575 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.172 24)
XYZ	xyz(33.7192, 21.6933, 10.1946)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5251 #51DADB

analogous

#DB5195 #DB5251 #DB9751

triadic

#DB5251 #51DB52 #5251DB

tetradic

#DB5251 #95DB51 #51DADB #9751DB

square

#DB5251 #95DB51 #51DADB #9751DB

split-complementary

#DB5251 #51DB97 #5195DB

monochromatic

#931F1E #C62A29 #DB5251 #E58484 #F0B7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DB5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DB5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5251

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5251	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.172 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8982',
    500: '#db5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5251;
$custom-light: #ed8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62145,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.21689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5251

secondary

#A9DFDF

accent

#E7E93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5251

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

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