#DB5545#DB5545

#DB5545 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.171 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5545
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 68.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 51.53, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 63.19, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.149 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.171 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5395, 21.9913, 8.1077)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5545 #45CBDB

analogous

#DB4580 #DB5545 #DBA045

triadic

#DB5545 #45DB55 #5545DB

tetradic

#DB5545 #80DB45 #45CBDB #A045DB

square

#DB5545 #80DB45 #45CBDB #A045DB

split-complementary

#DB5545 #45DBA0 #4580DB

monochromatic

#8B271B #BE3525 #DB5545 #E58478 #EFB3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DB5545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DB5545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5545

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5545	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.171 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a79',
    500: '#db5545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5545;
$custom-light: #ee8a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62327,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5545

secondary

#9FD6DD

accent

#D8EA3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5545

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

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