#DB552E#DB552E

#DB552E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.176 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB552E
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 79%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 50.54, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 70.01, 43.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1416 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.176 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9587, 21.7590, 5.0486)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB552E #2EB4DB

analogous

#DB2E5E #DB552E #DBAC2E

triadic

#DB552E #2EDB55 #552EDB

tetradic

#DB552E #5EDB2E #2EB4DB #AC2EDB

square

#DB552E #5EDB2E #2EB4DB #AC2EDB

split-complementary

#DB552E #2EDBAC #2E5EDB

monochromatic

#7A2C15 #AE3E1E #DB552E #E47F62 #EDAA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DB552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DB552E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB552E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB552E	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#7B6E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.176 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a6a',
    500: '#db552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db552e;
$custom-light: #ef8a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.526,
    "s": 70.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.17632,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB552E

secondary

#8DC7D8

accent

#C5ED3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#180C06

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB552E

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

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