#DB5555#DB5555

#DB5555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.169 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5555
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 52.47, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 59.35, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1549 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.169 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1048, 22.2174, 11.0851)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5555 #55DBDB

analogous

#DB5598 #DB5555 #DB9855

triadic

#DB5555 #55DB55 #5555DB

tetradic

#DB5555 #98DB55 #55DBDB #9855DB

square

#DB5555 #98DB55 #55DBDB #9855DB

split-complementary

#DB5555 #55DB98 #5598DB

monochromatic

#962020 #C82A2A #DB5555 #E68888 #F0BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DB5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DB5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5555

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5555	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)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.169 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a85',
    500: '#db5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5555;
$custom-light: #ed8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62584,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5555

secondary

#ACE0E0

accent

#E8E840

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5555

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

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