#DB5B5B#DB5B5B

#DB5B5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.161 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5B5B
RGB	rgb(219, 91, 91)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 50.17, 25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 56.38, 27.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1487 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.161 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8459, 23.3020, 12.5583)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5B5B #5BDBDB

analogous

#DB5B9B #DB5B5B #DB9B5B

triadic

#DB5B5B #5BDB5B #5B5BDB

tetradic

#DB5B5B #9BDB5B #5BDBDB #9B5BDB

square

#DB5B5B #9BDB5B #5BDBDB #9B5BDB

split-complementary

#DB5B5B #5BDB9B #5B9BDB

monochromatic

#9A2222 #CC2D2D #DB5B5B #E68D8D #F1BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DB5B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DB5B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5B5B

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5B5B	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B745A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 91, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.161 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8e89',
    500: '#db5b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5b5b;
$custom-light: #ec8e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63464,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5B5B

secondary

#B1E1E1

accent

#CCCC1A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5B5B

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

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