#DB5B59#DB5B59

#DB5B59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.162 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5B59
RGB	rgb(219, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 50.03, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 56.77, 28.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1479 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.162 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7608, 23.2679, 12.1099)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5B59 #59D9DB

analogous

#DB5998 #DB5B59 #DB9C59

triadic

#DB5B59 #59DB5B #5B59DB

tetradic

#DB5B59 #98DB59 #59D9DB #9C59DB

square

#DB5B59 #98DB59 #59D9DB #9C59DB

split-complementary

#DB5B59 #59DB9C #5998DB

monochromatic

#992321 #CB2E2C #DB5B59 #E68D8B #F1BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DB5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DB5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5B59

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5B59	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.162 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8e88',
    500: '#db5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5b59;
$custom-light: #ec8e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63427,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5B59

secondary

#AFE0E1

accent

#C9CC19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5B59

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

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