#DB5656#DB5656

#DB5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.167 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5656
RGB	rgb(219, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 52.09, 27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 58.86, 27.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.1539 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.167 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2241, 22.3920, 11.3222)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5656 #56DBDB

analogous

#DB5699 #DB5656 #DB9956

triadic

#DB5656 #56DB56 #5656DB

tetradic

#DB5656 #99DB56 #56DBDB #9956DB

square

#DB5656 #99DB56 #56DBDB #9956DB

split-complementary

#DB5656 #56DB99 #5699DB

monochromatic

#972020 #C92B2B #DB5656 #E68888 #F0BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DB5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DB5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5656

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5656	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.167 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b85',
    500: '#db5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5656;
$custom-light: #ed8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62728,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5656

secondary

#ADE0E0

accent

#E8E840

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5656

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

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