#DB5457#DB5457

#DB5457 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.170 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5457
RGB	rgb(219, 84, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 53.04, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 59.25, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.1571 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.17 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1072, 22.0933, 11.4834)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5457 #54DBD8

analogous

#DB549A #DB5457 #DB9554

triadic

#DB5457 #57DB54 #5457DB

tetradic

#DB5457 #9ADB54 #54DBD8 #9554DB

square

#DB5457 #9ADB54 #54DBD8 #9554DB

split-complementary

#DB5457 #54DB95 #549ADB

monochromatic

#951F22 #C82A2E #DB5457 #E68789 #F0B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DB5457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DB5457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5457

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5457	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 84, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.170 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a86',
    500: '#db5457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5457;
$custom-light: #ed8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.16954,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5457

secondary

#ABE0DF

accent

#E8E440

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5457

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

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