#DB5531#DB5531

#DB5531 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.176 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5531
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 49)
HSL	hsl(13, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 77.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 50.65, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 69.09, 42.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.1425 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.176 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0199, 21.7835, 5.3710)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5531 #31B7DB

analogous

#DB3162 #DB5531 #DBAA31

triadic

#DB5531 #31DB55 #5531DB

tetradic

#DB5531 #62DB31 #31B7DB #AA31DB

square

#DB5531 #62DB31 #31B7DB #AA31DB

split-complementary

#DB5531 #31DBAA #3162DB

monochromatic

#7C2B16 #B03E1F #DB5531 #E48065 #EDAB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DB5531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DB5531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5531

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5531	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)

#7B6E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.176 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a6b',
    500: '#db5531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5531;
$custom-light: #ef8a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.706,
    "s": 70.248,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6209,
    "c": 0.17564,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5531

secondary

#8FC9D9

accent

#C7ED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5531

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

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