#DB5950#DB5950

#DB5950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.165 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5950
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 50.35, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 59.33, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1474 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.165 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2370, 22.7885, 10.1836)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5950 #50D2DB

analogous

#DB508C #DB5950 #DB9E50

triadic

#DB5950 #50DB59 #5950DB

tetradic

#DB5950 #8CDB50 #50D2DB #9E50DB

square

#DB5950 #8CDB50 #50D2DB #9E50DB

split-complementary

#DB5950 #50DB9E #508CDB

monochromatic

#92261E #C53329 #DB5950 #E58983 #F0B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DB5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DB5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5950

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5950	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.165 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d81',
    500: '#db5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5950;
$custom-light: #ed8d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.16508,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5950

secondary

#A8DBDF

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5950

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

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