#DB5553#DB5553

#DB5553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5553
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 52.34, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 59.77, 28.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1541 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.169 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0265, 22.1861, 10.6725)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5553 #53D9DB

analogous

#DB5395 #DB5553 #DB9953

triadic

#DB5553 #53DB55 #5553DB

tetradic

#DB5553 #95DB53 #53D9DB #9953DB

square

#DB5553 #95DB53 #53D9DB #9953DB

split-complementary

#DB5553 #53DB99 #5395DB

monochromatic

#95211F #C72C2A #DB5553 #E68786 #F0B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DB5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DB5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5553

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5553	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a83',
    500: '#db5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5553;
$custom-light: #ed8a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.882,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.1689,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5553

secondary

#AADFDF

accent

#E6E83F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5553

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

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