#DB5855#DB5855

#DB5855 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.165 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5855
RGB	rgb(219, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 51.13, 28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 58.48, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.1507 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.165 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3460, 22.6999, 11.1655)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5855 #55D8DB

analogous

#DB5595 #DB5855 #DB9B55

triadic

#DB5855 #55DB58 #5855DB

tetradic

#DB5855 #95DB55 #55D8DB #9B55DB

square

#DB5855 #95DB55 #55D8DB #9B55DB

split-complementary

#DB5855 #55DB9B #5595DB

monochromatic

#962220 #C82E2A #DB5855 #E68A88 #F0BBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DB5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DB5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5855

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5855	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.165 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c85',
    500: '#db5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5855;
$custom-light: #ed8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62964,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5855

secondary

#ACDFE0

accent

#E4E840

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5855

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

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