#DB5566#DB5566

#DB5566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.168 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5566
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(352, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(352, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 53.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 53.71, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 56.71, 18.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1615 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.168 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8631, 22.5208, 15.0789)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5566 #55DBCA

analogous

#DB55A9 #DB5566 #DB8755

triadic

#DB5566 #66DB55 #5566DB

tetradic

#DB5566 #A9DB55 #55DBCA #8755DB

square

#DB5566 #A9DB55 #55DBCA #8755DB

split-complementary

#DB5566 #55DB87 #55A9DB

monochromatic

#96202F #C82A3E #DB5566 #E68893 #F0BAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DB5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DB5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5566

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5566	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE3E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.168 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8b91',
    500: '#db5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5566;
$custom-light: #ec8b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.388,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62926,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5566

secondary

#ACE0D9

accent

#E8D340

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5566

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

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