#DB5857#DB5857

#DB5857 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.165 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5857
RGB	rgb(219, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 51.26, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 58.07, 28.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1514 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.165 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4266, 22.7321, 11.5898)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5857 #57DADB

analogous

#DB5798 #DB5857 #DB9A57

triadic

#DB5857 #57DB58 #5857DB

tetradic

#DB5857 #98DB57 #57DADB #9A57DB

square

#DB5857 #98DB57 #57DADB #9A57DB

split-complementary

#DB5857 #57DB9A #5798DB

monochromatic

#972120 #CA2C2B #DB5857 #E68A89 #F1BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DB5857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DB5857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5857

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5857	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.165 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8c86',
    500: '#db5857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5857;
$custom-light: #ed8c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5857

secondary

#ADE0E0

accent

#E6E840

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5857

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

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