#DB5533#DB5533

#DB5533 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.175 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5533
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 76.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 50.72, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 68.47, 42.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1431 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.175 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0630, 21.8007, 5.5983)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5533 #33B9DB

analogous

#DB3365 #DB5533 #DBA933

triadic

#DB5533 #33DB55 #5533DB

tetradic

#DB5533 #65DB33 #33B9DB #A933DB

square

#DB5533 #65DB33 #33B9DB #A933DB

split-complementary

#DB5533 #33DBA9 #3365DB

monochromatic

#7D2B16 #B13D1F #DB5533 #E48067 #EDAC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DB5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DB5533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5533

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5533	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)

#7B6E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.175 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a6d',
    500: '#db5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5533;
$custom-light: #ef8a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62109,
    "c": 0.17519,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5533

secondary

#91CBD9

accent

#C9ED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5533

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

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