#DB5257#DB5257

#DB5257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.172 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5257
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 53.91, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 59.85, 25.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1598 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.172 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9542, 21.7873, 11.4324)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5257 #52DBD6

analogous

#DB529C #DB5257 #DB9252

triadic

#DB5257 #57DB52 #5257DB

tetradic

#DB5257 #9CDB52 #52DBD6 #9252DB

square

#DB5257 #9CDB52 #52DBD6 #9252DB

split-complementary

#DB5257 #52DB92 #529CDB

monochromatic

#941F23 #C6292F #DB5257 #E68588 #F0B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DB5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DB5257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5257

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5257	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.172 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8986',
    500: '#db5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5257;
$custom-light: #ed8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.81,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62253,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5257

secondary

#AADFDD

accent

#E9E23F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5257

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

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