#DB5542#DB5542

#DB5542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.172 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5542
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 51.37, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 64.02, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1479 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.172 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4487, 21.9550, 7.6296)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5542 #42C8DB

analogous

#DB427B #DB5542 #DBA142

triadic

#DB5542 #42DB55 #5542DB

tetradic

#DB5542 #7BDB42 #42C8DB #A142DB

square

#DB5542 #7BDB42 #42C8DB #A142DB

split-complementary

#DB5542 #42DBA1 #427BDB

monochromatic

#89281A #BC3724 #DB5542 #E58375 #EFB1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DB5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DB5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5542

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5542	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)

#796F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.172 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a77',
    500: '#db5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5542;
$custom-light: #ee8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.451,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.17186,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5542

secondary

#9DD4DC

accent

#D5EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5542

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

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