#DB5552#DB5552

#DB5552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5552
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 52.28, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 59.98, 29.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1538 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.169 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9882, 22.1708, 10.4706)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5552 #52D8DB

analogous

#DB5294 #DB5552 #DB9A52

triadic

#DB5552 #52DB55 #5552DB

tetradic

#DB5552 #94DB52 #52D8DB #9A52DB

square

#DB5552 #94DB52 #52D8DB #9A52DB

split-complementary

#DB5552 #52DB9A #5294DB

monochromatic

#94211F #C62D29 #DB5552 #E68785 #F0B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DB5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DB5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5552

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5552	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)

#787051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a82',
    500: '#db5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5552;
$custom-light: #ed8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.314,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62531,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5552

secondary

#AADEDF

accent

#E5E93F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5552

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

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