#DB5253#DB5253

#DB5253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.172 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5253
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 53.65, 28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 60.63, 27.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1583 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.172 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7953, 21.7237, 10.5954)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5253 #52DBDA

analogous

#DB5298 #DB5253 #DB9652

triadic

#DB5253 #53DB52 #5253DB

tetradic

#DB5253 #98DB52 #52DBDA #9652DB

square

#DB5253 #98DB52 #52DBDA #9652DB

split-complementary

#DB5253 #52DB96 #5298DB

monochromatic

#941F20 #C6292A #DB5253 #E68585 #F0B7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DB5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DB5253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5253

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5253	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)

#756E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.172 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8983',
    500: '#db5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5253;
$custom-light: #ed8983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.562,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6218,
    "c": 0.17212,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5253

secondary

#AADFDF

accent

#E9E73F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5253

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

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