#DB5255#DB5255

#DB5255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.172 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5255
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 53.78, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 60.23, 26.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.159 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.172 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8736, 21.7551, 11.0080)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5255 #52DBD8

analogous

#DB529A #DB5255 #DB9452

triadic

#DB5255 #55DB52 #5255DB

tetradic

#DB5255 #9ADB52 #52DBD8 #9452DB

square

#DB5255 #9ADB52 #52DBD8 #9452DB

split-complementary

#DB5255 #52DB94 #529ADB

monochromatic

#941F21 #C6292D #DB5255 #E68587 #F0B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DB5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DB5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5255

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5255	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.172 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8985',
    500: '#db5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5255;
$custom-light: #ed8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5255

secondary

#AADFDE

accent

#E9E53F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5255

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

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