#DB5540#DB5540

#DB5540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.172 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5540
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 51.28, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 64.59, 37.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.1472 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.172 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3908, 21.9318, 7.3245)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5540 #40C6DB

analogous

#DB4078 #DB5540 #DBA240

triadic

#DB5540 #40DB55 #5540DB

tetradic

#DB5540 #78DB40 #40C6DB #A240DB

square

#DB5540 #78DB40 #40C6DB #A240DB

split-complementary

#DB5540 #40DBA2 #4078DB

monochromatic

#872819 #BB3823 #DB5540 #E58373 #EEB1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DB5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DB5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5540

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5540	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.172 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a76',
    500: '#db5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5540;
$custom-light: #ee8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.129,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62259,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5540

secondary

#9BD3DC

accent

#D3EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5540

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

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