#DB5959#DB5959

#DB5959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.164 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5959
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 50.95, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 57.37, 27.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1508 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.164 23)
XYZ	xyz(34.5921, 22.9305, 12.0537)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5959 #59DBDB

analogous

#DB599A #DB5959 #DB9A59

triadic

#DB5959 #59DB59 #5959DB

tetradic

#DB5959 #9ADB59 #59DBDB #9A59DB

square

#DB5959 #9ADB59 #59DBDB #9A59DB

split-complementary

#DB5959 #59DB9A #599ADB

monochromatic

#992121 #CB2C2C #DB5959 #E68B8B #F1BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DB5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DB5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5959

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5959	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.164 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8d88',
    500: '#db5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5959;
$custom-light: #ec8d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.22926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5959

secondary

#AFE1E1

accent

#CCCC19

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5959

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

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