#DB5259#DB5259

#DB5259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.172 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5259
RGB	rgb(219, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 54.05, 24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 59.49, 24.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1606 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.172 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0371, 21.8204, 11.8687)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5259 #52DBD4

analogous

#DB529E #DB5259 #DB9052

triadic

#DB5259 #59DB52 #5259DB

tetradic

#DB5259 #9EDB52 #52DBD4 #9052DB

square

#DB5259 #9EDB52 #52DBD4 #9052DB

split-complementary

#DB5259 #52DB90 #529EDB

monochromatic

#941F25 #C62931 #DB5259 #E6858A #F0B7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DB5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DB5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5259

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5259	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)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.172 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8987',
    500: '#db5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5259;
$custom-light: #ed8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62291,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5259

secondary

#AADFDD

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5259

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

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