#DB5559#DB5559

#DB5559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.168 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5559
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 52.74, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 58.58, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1564 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.168 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2682, 22.2828, 11.9457)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5559 #55DBD7

analogous

#DB559C #DB5559 #DB9455

triadic

#DB5559 #59DB55 #5559DB

tetradic

#DB5559 #9CDB55 #55DBD7 #9455DB

square

#DB5559 #9CDB55 #55DBD7 #9455DB

split-complementary

#DB5559 #55DB94 #559CDB

monochromatic

#962023 #C82A2F #DB5559 #E6888A #F0BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DB5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DB5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5559

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5559	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.168 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8a88',
    500: '#db5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5559;
$custom-light: #ed8a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.209,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5559

secondary

#ACE0DE

accent

#E8E340

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5559

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

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