#DB5955#DB5955

#DB5955 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.164 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5955
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 50.67, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 58.19, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1492 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.164 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4287, 22.8652, 11.1930)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5955 #55D7DB

analogous

#DB5594 #DB5955 #DB9C55

triadic

#DB5955 #55DB59 #5955DB

tetradic

#DB5955 #94DB55 #55D7DB #9C55DB

square

#DB5955 #94DB55 #55D7DB #9C55DB

split-complementary

#DB5955 #55DB9C #5594DB

monochromatic

#962320 #C82F2A #DB5955 #E68A88 #F0BCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DB5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DB5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5955

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5955	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.164 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d85',
    500: '#db5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5955;
$custom-light: #ed8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63093,
    "c": 0.16429,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5955

secondary

#ACDEE0

accent

#E3E840

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5955

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

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