#DB5951#DB5951

#DB5951 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.165 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5951
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 50.42, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 59.09, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1477 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.165 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2742, 22.8034, 10.3796)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5951 #51D3DB

analogous

#DB518E #DB5951 #DB9E51

triadic

#DB5951 #51DB59 #5951DB

tetradic

#DB5951 #8EDB51 #51D3DB #9E51DB

square

#DB5951 #8EDB51 #51D3DB #9E51DB

split-complementary

#DB5951 #51DB9E #518EDB

monochromatic

#93251E #C63229 #DB5951 #E58984 #F0BAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DB5951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DB5951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5951

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5951	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)

#7A724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.165 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d82',
    500: '#db5951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5951;
$custom-light: #ed8d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63024,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5951

secondary

#A9DCDF

accent

#DFE93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5951

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

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