#DB5957#DB5957

#DB5957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.164 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5957
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 50.81, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 57.77, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.15 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.164 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5093, 22.8974, 11.6174)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5957 #57D9DB

analogous

#DB5797 #DB5957 #DB9B57

triadic

#DB5957 #57DB59 #5957DB

tetradic

#DB5957 #97DB57 #57D9DB #9B57DB

square

#DB5957 #97DB57 #57D9DB #9B57DB

split-complementary

#DB5957 #57DB9B #5797DB

monochromatic

#972220 #CA2E2B #DB5957 #E68B89 #F1BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DB5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DB5957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5957

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5957	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7A7256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.164 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8d86',
    500: '#db5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5957;
$custom-light: #ec8d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5957

secondary

#ADE0E0

accent

#E5E840

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5957

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

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