#DB5550#DB5550

#DB5550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5550
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 52.15, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 60.43, 30.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.153 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.169 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9132, 22.1408, 10.0756)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5550 #50D6DB

analogous

#DB5090 #DB5550 #DB9A50

triadic

#DB5550 #50DB55 #5550DB

tetradic

#DB5550 #90DB50 #50D6DB #9A50DB

square

#DB5550 #90DB50 #50D6DB #9A50DB

split-complementary

#DB5550 #50DB9A #5090DB

monochromatic

#92221E #C52E29 #DB5550 #E58683 #F0B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DB5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DB5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5550

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5550	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a81',
    500: '#db5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5550;
$custom-light: #ed8a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5550

secondary

#A8DDDF

accent

#E3E93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5550

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

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