#DB5556#DB5556

#DB5556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.169 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5556
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 52.53, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 59.15, 27.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1553 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.169 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1448, 22.2335, 11.2958)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5556 #55DBDA

analogous

#DB5599 #DB5556 #DB9755

triadic

#DB5556 #56DB55 #5556DB

tetradic

#DB5556 #99DB55 #55DBDA #9755DB

square

#DB5556 #99DB55 #55DBDA #9755DB

split-complementary

#DB5556 #55DB97 #5599DB

monochromatic

#962021 #C82A2C #DB5556 #E68888 #F0BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DB5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DB5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5556

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5556	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.169 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a85',
    500: '#db5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5556;
$custom-light: #ed8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62602,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5556

secondary

#ACE0E0

accent

#E8E740

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5556

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

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