#DB555B#DB555B

#DB555B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.168 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB555B
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 52.88, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 58.23, 24.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1572 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.168 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3534, 22.3169, 12.3941)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB555B #55DBD5

analogous

#DB559E #DB555B #DB9255

triadic

#DB555B #5BDB55 #555BDB

tetradic

#DB555B #9EDB55 #55DBD5 #9255DB

square

#DB555B #9EDB55 #55DBD5 #9255DB

split-complementary

#DB555B #55DB92 #559EDB

monochromatic

#962025 #C82A32 #DB555B #E6888C #F0BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DB555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DB555B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB555B

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB555B	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	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)

#76705A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.168 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b89',
    500: '#db555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db555b;
$custom-light: #ec8b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.313,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62697,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB555B

secondary

#ACE0DE

accent

#E8E040

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB555B

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

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