#DB5551#DB5551

#DB5551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5551
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 52.21, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 60.21, 29.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1534 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.169 25)
XYZ	xyz(33.9504, 22.1557, 10.2717)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5551 #51D7DB

analogous

#DB5192 #DB5551 #DB9A51

triadic

#DB5551 #51DB55 #5551DB

tetradic

#DB5551 #92DB51 #51D7DB #9A51DB

square

#DB5551 #92DB51 #51D7DB #9A51DB

split-complementary

#DB5551 #51DB9A #5192DB

monochromatic

#93221E #C62D29 #DB5551 #E58784 #F0B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DB5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DB5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5551

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5551	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)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a82',
    500: '#db5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5551;
$custom-light: #ed8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62514,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.22151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5551

secondary

#A9DEDF

accent

#E4E93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5551

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

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