#DB5557#DB5557

#DB5557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.168 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5557
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 52.60, 26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 58.96, 26.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.1557 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.168 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1854, 22.2497, 11.5094)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5557 #55DBD9

analogous

#DB559A #DB5557 #DB9655

triadic

#DB5557 #57DB55 #5557DB

tetradic

#DB5557 #9ADB55 #55DBD9 #9655DB

square

#DB5557 #9ADB55 #55DBD9 #9655DB

split-complementary

#DB5557 #55DB96 #559ADB

monochromatic

#962021 #C82A2D #DB5557 #E68889 #F0BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DB5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DB5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5557

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5557	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#777056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.168 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a86',
    500: '#db5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5557;
$custom-light: #ed8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62621,
    "c": 0.16844,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5557

secondary

#ACE0DF

accent

#E8E640

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5557

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

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