#DB5541#DB5541

#DB5541 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.172 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5541
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 70.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 51.32, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 64.30, 37.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1475 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.172 31)
XYZ	xyz(33.4195, 21.9433, 7.4757)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5541 #41C7DB

analogous

#DB417A #DB5541 #DBA241

triadic

#DB5541 #41DB55 #5541DB

tetradic

#DB5541 #7ADB41 #41C7DB #A241DB

square

#DB5541 #7ADB41 #41C7DB #A241DB

split-complementary

#DB5541 #41DBA2 #417ADB

monochromatic

#88281A #BB3723 #DB5541 #E58374 #EEB1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DB5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DB5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5541

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5541	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)

#796F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.172 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a76',
    500: '#db5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5541;
$custom-light: #ee8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.792,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62272,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.21939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5541

secondary

#9CD4DC

accent

#D4EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5541

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

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