#DB5956#DB5956

#DB5956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.164 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5956
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 50.74, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 57.98, 28.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1496 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.164 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4687, 22.8812, 11.4037)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5956 #56D8DB

analogous

#DB5696 #DB5956 #DB9B56

triadic

#DB5956 #56DB59 #5956DB

tetradic

#DB5956 #96DB56 #56D8DB #9B56DB

square

#DB5956 #96DB56 #56D8DB #9B56DB

split-complementary

#DB5956 #56DB9B #5696DB

monochromatic

#972320 #C92E2B #DB5956 #E68B88 #F0BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DB5956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DB5956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5956

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5956	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.164 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d85',
    500: '#db5956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5956;
$custom-light: #ed8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.353,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5956

secondary

#ADDFE0

accent

#E4E840

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5956

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

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