#DB5949#DB5949

#DB5949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.166 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5949
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 49.94, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 61.11, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1448 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.166 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9917, 22.6904, 8.8918)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5949 #49CBDB

analogous

#DB4982 #DB5949 #DBA249

triadic

#DB5949 #49DB59 #5949DB

tetradic

#DB5949 #82DB49 #49CBDB #A249DB

square

#DB5949 #82DB49 #49CBDB #A249DB

split-complementary

#DB5949 #49DBA2 #4982DB

monochromatic

#8E281C #C13726 #DB5949 #E5887C #EFB6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DB5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DB5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5949

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5949	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)

#7B7147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.166 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d7c',
    500: '#db5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5949;
$custom-light: #ed8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.575,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62898,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5949

secondary

#A2D7DD

accent

#D7EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5949

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

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