#DB553E#DB553E

#DB553E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.173 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB553E
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 71.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 51.18, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 65.16, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1465 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.173 32)
XYZ	xyz(33.3349, 21.9095, 7.0301)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB553E #3EC4DB

analogous

#DB3E75 #DB553E #DBA43E

triadic

#DB553E #3EDB55 #553EDB

tetradic

#DB553E #75DB3E #3EC4DB #A43EDB

square

#DB553E #75DB3E #3EC4DB #A43EDB

split-complementary

#DB553E #3EDBA4 #3E75DB

monochromatic

#862919 #B93923 #DB553E #E58272 #EEB0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DB553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DB553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB553E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB553E	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.173 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a74',
    500: '#db553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db553e;
$custom-light: #ee8a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.79,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62234,
    "c": 0.1727,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.21905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB553E

secondary

#99D2DB

accent

#D2EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB553E

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

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