#DB5538#DB5538

#DB5538 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.174 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5538
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 50.92, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 66.95, 40.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1446 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.174 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1793, 21.8472, 6.2104)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5538 #38BEDB

analogous

#DB386D #DB5538 #DBA738

triadic

#DB5538 #38DB55 #5538DB

tetradic

#DB5538 #6DDB38 #38BEDB #A738DB

square

#DB5538 #6DDB38 #38BEDB #A738DB

split-complementary

#DB5538 #38DBA7 #386DDB

monochromatic

#812A17 #B53B21 #DB5538 #E4816C #EEAEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DB5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DB5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5538

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5538	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.174 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a70',
    500: '#db5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5538;
$custom-light: #ee8a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.675,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62163,
    "c": 0.17405,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5538

secondary

#95CEDA

accent

#CDEC3C

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5538

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

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