#DB5252#DB5252

#DB5252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.172 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5252
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 53.59, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 60.83, 28.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1579 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.172 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7570, 21.7084, 10.3936)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5252 #52DBDB

analogous

#DB5297 #DB5252 #DB9752

triadic

#DB5252 #52DB52 #5252DB

tetradic

#DB5252 #97DB52 #52DBDB #9752DB

square

#DB5252 #97DB52 #52DBDB #9752DB

split-complementary

#DB5252 #52DB97 #5297DB

monochromatic

#941F1F #C62929 #DB5252 #E68585 #F0B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DB5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DB5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5252

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5252	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)

#756E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.172 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8982',
    500: '#db5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5252;
$custom-light: #ed8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62162,
    "c": 0.17223,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5252

secondary

#AADFDF

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5252

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

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